Authorities warn that Moscow’s allegations mirror its own abuses, sowing confusion and undermining accountability. Read how fact‑checkers and UN data contradict the claims.
Russian propaganda continues to spread a fabrication about the existence in Ukraine of so-called death factories – the detention of Russian prisoners of war in basements and garages, where they are allegedly subjected to torture.
The Center for Countering Disinformation under the NSDC reported on Facebook that this is a classic propaganda technique of mirror projection: Russia describes its own documented system of “death factories” in the territories it has occupied, projecting it onto Ukraine. It is Russia that created an extensive network of places of detention in the occupied territories and in the Russian Federation.
“This is a classic propaganda technique of mirror projection: Russia describes its own documented system of ‘death factories’ in the territories it has occupied, projecting it onto Ukraine. It is Russia that created an extensive network of places of detention in the occupied territories and in the Russian Federation”
– Center for Countering Disinformation
According to the UN, torture or ill-treatment has been documented in at least 114 official detention facilities in the occupied territories of Ukraine and in 73 detention facilities on the territory of Russia, where Ukrainian civilians were deported.
In addition, released Ukrainian prisoners of war provided...
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