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Ziarul de Gardă ties the Palanca shell to Russian strikes; Meduza names no one who fired it
A projectile fell at a Moldovan crossing on the Ukrainian border on 5 October and ricocheted into a parked bus. One report says Russia's attacks caused it. The other names …
UPDATE/ Activitatea PTF Palanca – Maiaki-Udobnoe a fost reluată
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Actor named Ties the shell to Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, citing the Border Police. ×1Asserted vs attributed the attack is stated flat, then sourced to a Russian official ×1Asserted vs attributed The headline states the attack flat, while the body gives Novak as the only source for it. ×1Attribution sabotage charge attributed to Estonia ×1
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NewsMaker says a shell hit a bus at Palanca and wounded a border guard; Ziarul de Gardă says only that "a person" was hurt in an "incident"
A Moldovan was injured at Palanca, a crossing on the Ukrainian border, on 5 October. The two Moldovan reports we hold differ on what hit him. Neither says who fired.
România condamnă incidentul de la Palanca și reafirmă sprijinul pentru R. Moldova: „România este și va rămâne alături de R. Moldova”
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What we have measured
Actor named Ties the shell to Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, citing the Border Police. ×1Asserted vs attributed the attack is stated flat, then sourced to a Russian official ×1Asserted vs attributed The headline states the attack flat, while the body gives Novak as the only source for it. ×1Attribution sabotage charge attributed to Estonia ×1
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NewsMaker
(ВИДЕО) Снаряд ранил пограничника Молдовы/ В Приднестровье тиражируют ложь?/ Кандидатов в НСГ — больше сотни
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What we have measured
Attribution the ministry's account of the cause is given, with attribution ×1Casualty count at least two dead, a higher figure than the other report that gives a toll; attributed to Ukrainian media ×1Cause supplied three regional crises given as the reason; none of the three is identified in the text we hold ×1Death toll 'at least two dead' stated flat, no source for the figure ×1
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NewsMaker says Russian drones and missiles exploded in Moldova; Life.ru says 'aerial objects' and 'no evidence'
Moldova summoned Russia's envoy, Oleg Ozerov, on 3 October over drones and missiles in its airspace. The one Moldovan report we hold calls them Russian. Of three Russian reports, none …
МИД Молдавии вручил послу России ноту протеста из-за пролёта дронов
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В Молдавии заявили о падении трёх ракет и двух беспилотников
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Absence of notice framed as a finding a booking agent not having heard is put in the headline as the news ×1Absence used as rebuttal a booking service's lack of notice is run as a counter-report, sourced anonymously ×1Actor framing The company is the only actor named. The regulator appears only as a law it obeys. ×1Actor label Calls the Ukrainian president the head of a 'regime' ×1
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Vedomosti
МИД Молдавии вручил послу России ноту протеста из-за пролета дронов
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What we have measured
Actor named names Russia as the state actor, not the company, and frames it neutrally ×1Asserted vs attributed the headline attributes the attacks to Novak ×1Asserted vs attributed Attributes the attack count to Novak in the headline. ×1Attribution figure stated flat with no source named, and tied to 2027 ×1
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NewsMaker
Назначенного посла России в Молдове снова вызвали в МИД из-за российских дронов и ракет
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What we have measured
Attribution the ministry's account of the cause is given, with attribution ×1Casualty count at least two dead, a higher figure than the other report that gives a toll; attributed to Ukrainian media ×1Cause supplied three regional crises given as the reason; none of the three is identified in the text we hold ×1Death toll 'at least two dead' stated flat, no source for the figure ×1
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Five drones, says Moldova's military in Wyborcza; three missiles and two drones, say local authorities in Politico
Four reports cover Saturday's airspace violation over Moldova. Two give a count, and the counts do not match. Two mention missiles. None names a person hurt.
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Frankfurter Allgemeine
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newspaper · independent
Politico Europe
Politico Europe
🇧🇪BE ·
digital · independent
Sandu slams Russia as attack debris hits Moldova in latest airspace violation
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Actor named vaguely The opponents are 'other capitals', with no country named ×1With no actor named accusation The coup accusation is in the passive; the accuser is not named ×1Asserted vs attributed The contradiction is stated as fact by the report, sourced only to unspecified official notes ×1Asserted vs attributed the stall stated flat in the headline, with Athens named as the actor that rejected ×1
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Gazeta Wyborcza
Gazeta Wyborcza
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newspaper · independent
+++ Nachrichten im Ukraine-Krieg +++: Russland schießt erneut auf Brücke in Kyjiw
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What we have measured
Actor named names both coalition parties as the sides of the conflict ×1Actor named Makes the Constitutional Court the actor that overturned the Supreme Court's argument. ×1With no actor named critics The pressure comes from 'the internet', with no critic named. ×1Asserted in the outlet's voice a motive assigned to an entire electorate, no source and no evidence ×1
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Moldova's defence minister says three missiles and two drones; RIA's headline says drones only
Moldova says its airspace was crossed on the morning of 3 October. Novaya Gazeta Europe quotes the defence minister: three missiles and two drones, after an earlier count of five …
МИД Молдавии вручил послу России ноту протеста из-за пролетов беспилотников
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What we have measured
Actor named no attacker named; the channels only 'said' there were failures ×1Actor named the outage is reported with no actor named ×1Actor named 'the West' is named as acting, attributed to the foreign ministry spokeswoman ×1Actor named headline names Ukraine's armed forces as the attacker ×1
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Obozrevatel
"Москву нужно остановить": Санду резко отреагировала на российские ракеты и дроны в Молдове
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Novaya Gazeta Europe
Власти Молдовы рассказали, что на территорию страны залетели три ракеты и два дрона
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What we have measured
Actor named Names Russia as the actor in the headline and in the first line. ×1Anonymous source asserts The report's strongest claim, that results were falsified across most regions, comes from a source it does not name ×1Anonymous sourcing Everything rests on a foreign newspaper citing two unnamed diplomats. ×1A party's label carried inside a quote, unmarked the Kremlin spokesman's phrase for the Ukrainian government is reproduced without a note ×1
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Regnum says Ukraine stopped holding up the Dniester; Moldova's minister, quoted by two Moldovan outlets, says Ukraine is in the same drought
Moldova's environment minister says the Dniester in the north has fallen to historic lows. The Russian agency Regnum reports that he blamed Ukraine. The two Moldovan reports we hold quote …
Украина прекратила поддержку уровня воды в реке Днестр на территории Молдавии
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What we have measured
Actor label Calls Ukraine's president the head of a regime in the report's own voice. ×1Actor named names Ukraine's forces as the attacker of the town ×1Actor named Ukraine's armed forces are named outright as the side attacking the town ×1Actor named Names the organiser and says he is under arrest ×1
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Ziarul de Gardă
Ministrul Mediului, despre situația de pe Nistru: „Nivelul a scăzut la cote istorice”
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What we have measured
Actor named Ties the shell to Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, citing the Border Police. ×1Asserted vs attributed the attack is stated flat, then sourced to a Russian official ×1Asserted vs attributed The headline states the attack flat, while the body gives Novak as the only source for it. ×1Attribution sabotage charge attributed to Estonia ×1
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NewsMaker
«Политические обвинения не принесут ни воды, ни дождя». Хаждер ответил на упреки Чебана
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What we have measured
Attribution the ministry's account of the cause is given, with attribution ×1Casualty count at least two dead, a higher figure than the other report that gives a toll; attributed to Ukrainian media ×1Cause supplied three regional crises given as the reason; none of the three is identified in the text we hold ×1Death toll 'at least two dead' stated flat, no source for the figure ×1
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NewsMaker gives 41 and 44 for Moldova's 2026 airspace violations; Ziarul de Gardă says 11 times 2022
Moldova's Defence Ministry, as both outlets report it, counts 81 violations of the country's airspace by Russian- and Iranian-made missiles and drones since 2022. NewsMaker gives two different figures for …
În 2026, cazurile de încălcare a spațiului aerian al R. Moldova au fost de 11 ori mai multe decât în 2022. Date pe ani și lista raioanelor cele mai vizate
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What we have measured
Actor named Ties the shell to Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, citing the Border Police. ×1Asserted vs attributed the attack is stated flat, then sourced to a Russian official ×1Asserted vs attributed The headline states the attack flat, while the body gives Novak as the only source for it. ×1Attribution sabotage charge attributed to Estonia ×1
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NewsMaker
Более 80 дронов и ракет залетали в Молдову с начала войны в Украине. Не все из них обнаружили радары
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What we have measured
Attribution the ministry's account of the cause is given, with attribution ×1Casualty count at least two dead, a higher figure than the other report that gives a toll; attributed to Ukrainian media ×1Cause supplied three regional crises given as the reason; none of the three is identified in the text we hold ×1Death toll 'at least two dead' stated flat, no source for the figure ×1
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NewsMaker says nothing is short yet; Reuters and Le Figaro give no reason at all
Moldova takes 60 days of emergency powers over energy and water. Three reports, one vote, and only the Moldovan outlet says why — to say there is no shortage.
Reuters
Reuters
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В Молдове введут режим ЧП в энергетическом и гидрологическом секторах на 60 дней. Зачем это нужно правительству
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What we have measured
Attribution the ministry's account of the cause is given, with attribution ×1Casualty count at least two dead, a higher figure than the other report that gives a toll; attributed to Ukrainian media ×1Cause supplied three regional crises given as the reason; none of the three is identified in the text we hold ×1Death toll 'at least two dead' stated flat, no source for the figure ×1
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Le Figaro
Le Figaro
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Ukrainska Pravda says 17 stations opened in Transnistria; RIA Novosti reports only the embassy in Chisinau
Russia ran its parliamentary vote on Moldovan territory Chisinau does not control. Two Ukrainian reports put the word "elections" in quotation marks, a Moldovan paper sent reporters to the doors …
Россия открыла избирательные участки в Приднестровье, несмотря на протест Молдовы: проголосовал даже "глава ПМР"
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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RIA Novosti
В посольстве России рассказали о ходе голосования в Кишиневе
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What we have measured
Actor named no attacker named; the channels only 'said' there were failures ×1Actor named the outage is reported with no actor named ×1Actor named 'the West' is named as acting, attributed to the foreign ministry spokeswoman ×1Actor named headline names Ukraine's armed forces as the attacker ×1
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Ukrainska Pravda×2
Russia opens unauthorised Duma election polling stations in Transnistria, defying Moldovan ban
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Жителі Придністров’я голосують на виборах до Держдуми РФ
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What we have measured
Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1
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Ziarul de Gardă
„Rusia-mamă mă cheamă”. Numeroși polițiști, militari și bărbați în civil la secțiile de votare din Tiraspol, unde răsună cântece în limba rusă
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What we have measured
Actor named Ties the shell to Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, citing the Border Police. ×1Asserted vs attributed the attack is stated flat, then sourced to a Russian official ×1Asserted vs attributed The headline states the attack flat, while the body gives Novak as the only source for it. ×1Attribution sabotage charge attributed to Estonia ×1
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Russia says its Duma vote was under 'massive attack'; Welt names no attacker, HotNews says Putin blamed Ukraine without evidence
Six reports on Russia's parliamentary election. Two carry an official claim that voting systems were attacked, and neither names an attacker. One says Moldova objects to 15 Russian polling stations …
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HotNews.ro
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Welt
Welt
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newspaper · independent

One Anthropic report, four leads: The Insider says Russia-linked hackers, RIA Novosti says Yemen, Ziarul de Gardă says Moldova, Obozrevatel says bioweapons
Four outlets published on the same company report within an hour. Each led with a different case of misuse of its Claude model. Only two led with a link to …
Связанные с Россией хакеры с помощью ИИ-агентов Claude атаковали Украину и похитили технологии военных дронов — Anthropic
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Absolute figure The only report that gives the amount in roubles ×1Absolute figure given gives the total in roubles, which lets a reader check the percentage ×1A closed door exchange reported flat a refusal inside a private meeting is asserted in the headline with no source named in the text we hold ×1Actor named The headline names the president as the one who acted, and adds the plant's profit and the new manager's family tie ×1
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RIA Novosti
Anthropic: злоумышленники в Йемене пытались применять ИИ при создании ракет
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What we have measured
Actor named no attacker named; the channels only 'said' there were failures ×1Actor named the outage is reported with no actor named ×1Actor named 'the West' is named as acting, attributed to the foreign ministry spokeswoman ×1Actor named headline names Ukraine's armed forces as the attacker ×1
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Ziarul de Gardă
Un fost redactor-șef al Sputnik Moldova ar fi folosit inteligența artificială pentru propagandă și atacuri la adresa Maiei Sandu
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What we have measured
Actor named Ties the shell to Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, citing the Border Police. ×1Asserted vs attributed the attack is stated flat, then sourced to a Russian official ×1Asserted vs attributed The headline states the attack flat, while the body gives Novak as the only source for it. ×1Attribution sabotage charge attributed to Estonia ×1
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Obozrevatel
В Anthropic заявили о попытках потенциальной разработки биологического оружия в Claude: что известно
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Oslo says a drone "almost hit" Zelensky's plane over Moldova; the Kremlin says nothing threatened it
Three reports, three accounts of Tuesday afternoon over Moldova. Only one of them carries a clock, and none carries a flight track.
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HotNews.ro
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Moldova says a drone threat delayed Zelensky's plane; the Kremlin says the threat was "imaginary"
Three reports on one aircraft on one runway in Chișinău. One traces the delay to Moldova's government; two carry the same Kremlin spokesman calling the threat imaginary and "ephemeral". None …
'Imaginary threat' to Zelensky’s plane, Kiev's provocations: topics of Kremlin’s briefing
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What we have measured
Accusation carried by a verb of fact 'Noted' presents a Russian diplomat's accusation of terror as an observation. Kyiv gives no response anywhere in the text. ×1Accusation carried unhedged a charge of terror against civilians is introduced with 'noted', which treats it as fact, and nobody answers it ×1Actor named Ukrainian forces are named as acting, in the report's own voice ×1Actor named Names 'the Western community' as the actor, in Putin's words ×1
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Censor.NET
Пєсков про інцидент із літаком Зеленського у Молдові: Ефемерна загроза, якої не існувало
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'Russian occupation forces' ×1Actor label 'Occupiers' in the headline; 'Russian troops' in the body ×1Actor label The attacker is called 'the enemy', not named. ×1Actor label Calls the Russian president a dictator in the report's own voice. ×1
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Vot Tak
В Молдове подтвердили задержку вылета Зеленского в Норвегию из-за угрозы БПЛА
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Accusation attributed War-crimes accusations are attributed to Ukraine's law enforcement, not stated as fact ×1Accusation attributed The war-crimes accusation is correctly attributed to Ukrainian law enforcement, not asserted. ×1Actor named names Ukraine's armed forces in the headline and Ukrainian drones in the text ×1Actor named for the killing the authorities are the subject of the seizure and destruction rather than the cattle being 'subject to destruction' ×1
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Ukrainska Pravda's headline says one injured, its own first sentence says three
A drone hit a nine-storey block in Kyiv's Dniprovskyi district on 9 September. The only outlet we hold that covers it published twice, in two languages, at the same minute …
Війська РФ завдали удару безпілотником по території одного з навчальних закладів Новгорода-Сіверського
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'the Russian army' and gives the date ×1Actor label The Russian side is called 'occupiers' in the headline. ×1Actor named The sentence is given by 'occupiers', so the actor is named and labelled. ×1Actor named hurt aged On the other side of the Dnipro, the Russian drone is named as the actor and the wounded man is given an age, not a name. The vote is called 'pseudo-elections' in the report's own voice. ×1
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Ekonomichna Pravda
Росіяни розбомбили склад дитячих іграшок у Києві
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What we have measured
Actor unnamed hackers are named as acting, but not who they are ×1Assertion vs attribution The Vodafone data-centre strike appears only as the Russian defence ministry's claim, attributed in the sentence ×1Assertion vs attribution Russia's claim of a Vodafone data-centre strike is carried only as a Russian defence ministry statement, with nothing from the company and no confirmation ×1Attacker stated flat 'the Russians' named as acting, with no source given ×1
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Reuters
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wire · independent
Двоє людей постраждали внаслідок удару ворожого БпЛА на Полтавщині: пошкоджено житлові будинки
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'Russian occupation forces' ×1Actor label 'Occupiers' in the headline; 'Russian troops' in the body ×1Actor label The attacker is called 'the enemy', not named. ×1Actor label Calls the Russian president a dictator in the report's own voice. ×1
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Ukrainska Pravda×2
Russian drone hits nine-storey building in Kyiv: one killed, one injured
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Російський дрон влучив у 9-поверхівку в Києві: є жертва і потерпілий
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What we have measured
Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1
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Obozrevatel
Российские удары по украинскому бизнесу – это не ответ на украинские удары по России
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Outlets published in Moldova
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