{
  "id": 10936001,
  "title": "Rescuers Were “Treated” with Ordinary Mud: Ukraine’s Bureau of Investigation Uncovered a Scheme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/rescuers-were-treated-with-ordinary-mud-ukraines-bureau-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T11:48:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Post",
    "slug": "kyiv-post",
    "url": "https://www.kyivpost.com/post/85753"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ukrainian investigators say an Odesa rehabilitation center for rescuers paid nearly $24,000 for 24 tons of supposed therapeutic mud that was actually ordinary pond sludge. Four people are suspected in the scheme, which allegedly caused more than $14,000 in state losses.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}