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“Several countries concluded that Ukrainians set fire to its nuclear power plant to tarnish the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and rally international military support.”
Social media posts Claim dated 6 Mar 2022.
Vera Files rated thisFalse

In short

This claim spread on social media around 6 March 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 23 March 2022, 17 days later. Its rating was “False”.

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