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2023-10-02 17:05:49 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 10ACA1BC2E0978CADCD34AC475586928A520A9ED9F9CB0C7B057DDBA8F518BBE
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The false claim that the US is operating secret biolabs in Ukraine is one that has been repeatedly spread by Russian propagandists since at least 2018 False narratives circulated again when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 in an attempt to justify Russia's war https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/02/24/us-biolabs-ukraine-russia/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/02/25/fact-check-claim-us-biolabs-ukraine-disinformation/6937923001/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60711705 https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/1087910880/biological-weapons-far-right-russia-ukraine
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