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

https://mins.news/en/item/132619

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-06 15:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/6/claims-of-a-ukrainian-torture-chamber-went-viral-what-really-happened?traffic_source=rss

> A woman who said draft evaders were being violently assaulted in a house outside Kyiv was arrested after staging what officials called a fake rescue mission. The episode drew hundreds into clashes with police. Azov said the house had been used to hold captured deserters.

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