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Claims of a Ukrainian ‘torture chamber’ went viral. What really happened?

1 source1 article First seen 5 hours ago Updated 5 hours ago Ukraine Truth score 32

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Summary

A woman who claimed that men were being violently assaulted in a house for evading the draft has been arrested.

Description from Al Jazeera English.

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Al Jazeera English Leans left Factuality: High State media QA 5 hours ago
Claims of a Ukrainian ‘torture chamber’ went viral. What really happened?
A woman who claimed that men were being violently assaulted in a house for evading the draft has been arrested.

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Truth score

32/100Weakly supported

Independent outlets: 1
Source reliability: 78/100
Sides of the spectrum covering it: 1/3
Deducted for copied text, sensational framing or state media: -10
Propaganda risk: 0/100

State-funded media: 1

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Coverage by lean

Left 100%100%

Left: 1
Centre: 0
Right: 0
Not rated: 0

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Source quality

Average reliability: 78/100 (High)
Low-credibility outlets: 0%
State media: 100%
Opinion pieces: 0%

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