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

In Petropavlivska-Borshchagivka, outside Kyiv, 49-year-old nurse Valentyna Moloda, who was not authorised to work as a paramedic, claimed that forcibly conscripted men were being held and tortured in a house. A member of her team livestreamed the scene, drawing a crowd that demanded entry, threw eggs at police and hurled tomatoes at the building. The gathering grew to about 500 people, with clashes between residents and officers continuing until midnight. The claims resonated amid widespread resentment toward military recruitment officers over their sometimes brutal methods.