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[Thomas Eckhardt]

For those who get their information from Twitter:

The claim that Russian troops committed rapes of women and children "as a weapon of war" has been debunked. The human rights commissioner responsible for these claims has been relieved from her duties:

"The top Ukrainian official who was fired for spreading misinformation has admitted that she lied about Russians committing mass rape in order to convince western countries to send more weapons to Ukraine."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ousted-ukrainian-official-breaks-silence-admits-she-lied-about-mass-rape-russians?fbclid=IwAR2zCEO5-Fq05ERpMUHkSqkb-b2JMs5xJ0mrWbgS1hYLTOl2yzEIge-WgBk

Don't tell me that Zerohedge provides "Russian misinformation" - tell me that they are wrong, and prove it.

Horrible things happen in war, and I don't doubt that there are atrocities happening on both sides of the conflict. This claim, however, was false. It was atrocity propaganda of the most blatant kind. Kudos to the Ukrainian parliament for insisting on factual evidence.

No, you won't read this in the NYT or the WP.