Espreso, via Reuters: Russia fires RM48Us to save better missiles for winter. Obozrevatel: to drain Ukraine's interceptors
Two Ukrainian outlets give two reasons for the same cheap missile. Espreso names the analyst behind its reason; Obozrevatel names no one. Neither report carries Russia's own account.
The missile. The RM48U was built as a target for air-defence drills. Espreso, relaying Reuters, says Russia began firing it in large numbers as a weapon this summer.
The count. Military analysts at Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office told Reuters it made up more than half of 228 ballistic and hypersonic missiles fired at Ukraine in July and early August. By their estimate, it misses by 300 metres on average. We hold no second count.
The dead. Ukrainian investigators say an RM48U hit the Kvitneva railway platform near Brovary on 4 August. Eight people waiting for a train were killed. No report we hold names them.
Why fire it — two answers:
| Outlet | Aim given | Who says so |
|---|---|---|
| Espreso (via Reuters) | Save Iskanders, KN-23s and Zircons for a winter campaign | Sidharth Kaushal, RUSI, London |
| Obozrevatel | Drain Ukraine's stock of interceptors | No one named |
The two do not rule each other out.
Output. Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) says Russia plans to make 480 this year, up from 200 last year. The Institute for the Study of War estimates Moscow holds about 100 Iskanders and 400 RM48Us.
Not settled. What Russia intends: neither report carries a Russian account. The share of launches and the accuracy figure come from Ukrainian prosecutors alone. The production figure comes from Ukraine's intelligence alone. Obozrevatel's report reached us as a single sentence.
What this is about. Russia is firing a cheap missile, built as a practice target, at Ukraine, and outlets disagree on why.
How it got here. Russia seized Crimea in 2014 and backed armed separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk, in Ukraine's east. That is when the war began. In February 2022 Russia launched a full-scale invasion. Since then it has struck Ukrainian cities, power plants and railways with drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. Every winter since 2022, Russian strikes have hit Ukraine's power grid.
Ballistic missiles are the hardest of these to stop. They come down at high speed on a steep arc. Russia's main one is the Iskander. Espreso's report also names the North Korean KN-23 and the hypersonic Zircon.
The actors. Russia fires the missiles. Ukraine defends against them. Espreso's report says the US-made Patriot system is the only weapon Ukraine has that can shoot ballistic missiles down. Ukraine's Western partners supply the Patriot interceptors; Ukraine does not make them. A Ukrainian company is testing a cheaper interceptor of its own.
What is at stake. A missile that is cheap to make can still force Ukraine to spend a costly interceptor on it, or let it through. Either way, the size of each side's stock matters. If Russia is holding its more accurate missiles back, the open question is what they will be aimed at when the weather turns cold.
Where it stands. Espreso reports that President Volodymyr Zelensky called for more Patriot deliveries straight after the 4 August strike near Kyiv, and that no new batches are expected soon. Neither report we hold carries a Russian statement on the RM48U.
What is being argued about
- Why Russia is firing a training target missile as a weapon
- Whether cheap missiles are meant to exhaust Ukraine's Patriot interceptors
- The 4 August strike on the Kvitneva platform near Brovary
- How many RM48Us and Iskanders Russia holds and makes
Why fire a practice missile? Two answersSide by side
| Outlet | What it says the RM48U is for | Attributed? |
|---|---|---|
| Espreso (relaying Reuters) | Lets Russia keep Iskanders, KN-23s and Zircons for a winter campaign | Yes: Sidharth Kaushal, RUSI |
| Obozrevatel | Drains Ukraine's stock of interceptor missiles | No: stated as fact |
Neither report carries a Russian account of what the missile is for.
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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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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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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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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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RM48U against Iskander: what Russia holds and makesChart
The stocks are an Institute for the Study of War estimate. The output figures come from Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR). Both are estimates, relayed by Reuters through Espreso.
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Росія вдвічі наростить випуск навчальних ракет RM48U для ударів по Україні, аби зберегти точні ракети для зими, — Reuters
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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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Two purposes, one attributed
One report says the missiles save better ones for winter and names the analyst who says so. The other says they drain Ukraine's interceptors, in its own voice. Every figure we hold comes from Ukrainian or Western sources, and no Russian response is carried.
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
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Росія вдвічі наростить випуск навчальних ракет RM48U для ударів по Україні, аби зберегти точні ракети для зими, — Reuters
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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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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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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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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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RM48U target missiles made up more than half of the 228 ballistic and hypersonic missiles Russia fired at Ukraine in July and early August.
Only Espreso TV carries the figure. It relays Reuters, which cites military analysts at Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office, and we hold no second count.
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Росія вдвічі наростить випуск навчальних ракет RM48U для ударів по Україні, аби зберегти точні ракети для зими, — Reuters
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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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Russia plans to more than double RM48U output, to 480 missiles this year from 200 last year.
Espreso TV carries this from Reuters, citing Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR), a party to the war. No other report we hold gives a production figure.
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Росія вдвічі наростить випуск навчальних ракет RM48U для ударів по Україні, аби зберегти точні ракети для зими, — Reuters
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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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Russia is firing RM48U missiles so it can save more precise missiles for a winter campaign.
Espreso TV carries this as the assessment of one RUSI analyst, Sidharth Kaushal, relayed by Reuters. Obozrevatel gives a different aim, draining Ukraine's interceptor stocks; the two explanations do not rule each other out, and neither report shows Russia's intent.
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Росія вдвічі наростить випуск навчальних ракет RM48U для ударів по Україні, аби зберегти точні ракети для зими, — Reuters
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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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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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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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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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What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named
Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use.×1
Anonymous sourcing
The whole account rests on diplomats who are not named×1
Are the hurt counted
the dead are neither counted nor named; the injured are 'dozens'×1
A second, unreconciled figure
a different amount appears at the end, and no report explains how it relates to the first×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading6 disputed24 unverified11 true
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Анна Якубец
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What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor label
Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting×1
Motive stated flat
The purpose, draining Ukraine's interceptors, is stated with no one named as saying it.×1
Naming and labels
the label is in the report's own voice, in a sentence of plain record×1
Purpose stated flat
States with no attribution that the launches are meant to drain Ukraine's interceptors×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified1 true
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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. ×1Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the data-centre strike. Nobody is named behind the DDoS attack. ×1Actor named for the decision Names the EU Council as the body that acted and gives the date and the new expiry date. ×1Adopted wording The company's own word 'minor' sits next to the report's flat statement that customers could not send or receive parcels. ×1
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— Carries the Reuters investigation: the share of launches, the 300-metre average miss, the Kvitneva strike, a RUSI analyst's save-for-winter reading, and stock and production estimates from ISW and Ukraine's military
Про це з посиланням на дані українських військових та власне розслідування пише Reuters."Ракета-мішень" RM48U спершу створювалася як навчальна ціль для тренувань протиповітряної оборони, однак цього літа Росія вперше почала масово застосовувати її як бойову зброю. За даними військових аналітиків Генеральної прокуратури, у липні та на початку серпня RM48U становили понад половину зі 228 балістичних і гіперзвукових ракет, випущених по Україні.Ракета летить по балістичній траєкторії на високій швидкості, але поступається основній ударній ракеті Росії — "Іскандеру" — і в потужності, і в точності:
No actor named: No actor is named for the absence of new Patriot deliveries. — “нових партій найближчим часом не передбачається”
Motive attributed: The purpose, saving precise missiles for winter, is attributed to a named analyst at a London think tank. — “Це дозволяє росіянам берегти більш потужні ракети — Іскандери, а також KN-23 і Циркони — на зиму”
Dead counted not named: Eight dead are counted, and where they were is described. None is named. — “тоді загинули вісім людей, які чекали на потяг”
Figure source one side: The production figure comes from Ukraine's military intelligence and is attributed as such. — “За даними української розвідки (ГУР), Росія планує більш ніж удвічі наростити виробництво RM48U”
Actor named: Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use. — “цього літа Росія вперше почала масово застосовувати її як бойову зброю”
Purpose attributed: Gives the save-for-winter purpose to a named London analyst — “Це дозволяє росіянам берегти більш потужні ракети”
No actor named: The strike that killed eight is phrased as 'struck' with no actor named — “Саме такою ракетою, встановили українські слідчі, 4 серпня вдарили по залізничній платформі”
The dead counted, not named: Eight dead, counted and not named — “тоді загинули вісім людей, які чекали на потяг”
Figure attributed: The production figure is given to Ukrainian military intelligence — “За даними української розвідки (ГУР), Росія планує більш ніж удвічі наростити виробництво RM48U”
Whose voice: The sources are Ukrainian prosecutors, Ukrainian intelligence, a US think tank and a London analyst. No Russian account appears. — “у Москви залишається близько 100 "Іскандерів" проти 400 наявних RM48U”
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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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— Says in its own voice that the mass launches aim to drain Ukraine's interceptor stocks, and names no source.
В последние месяцы Россия массово использует для атак на Украину перепрофилированные учебные ракеты RM48U. Так, из 228 баллистических и гиперзвуковых ракет, выпущенных по Украине в июле и в начале августа, более половины составляли RM48U. Запуск большого количества таких учебных ракет служит для России способом истощить запасы украинских ракет-перехватчиков. Об этом сообщило издание Reuters. Что известно Ракета RM48U изначально была разработана для стрелковых учений бригад ПВО. Использование этих более дешевых ракет позволяет России сохранить свои запасы "Искандеров" и истощить любые запасы ук
Motive stated flat: The purpose, draining Ukraine's interceptors, is stated with no one named as saying it. — “Запуск большого количества этих ракет направлен на то, чтобы истощить запасы украинских ракет-перехватчиков”
Purpose stated flat: States with no attribution that the launches are meant to drain Ukraine's interceptors — “Запуск большого количества этих ракет направлен на то, чтобы истощить запасы украинских ракет-перехватчиков”
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Meduza
Centre
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Meduza
🇱🇻LV ·
digital · exile
What we have measured
Agenda given without a verdict the only report that lists what was discussed and stops there ×1Asserted versus attributed figure attributed to the leaders' own declaration ×1Attribution the release is sourced to the leaders' joint declaration ×1Attribution inside the sentence the whole account marked as one leader's telling ×1
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RIA Novosti
State / loyalist
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RIA Novosti
🇷🇺RU ·
state agency · state-controlled
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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The Moscow Times
Centre
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The Moscow Times
🇳🇱NL ·
newspaper · exile
What we have measured
Asserted vs attributed Repeats a two-sided deal on one side's word; the second party's silence is not mentioned. ×1Asserted vs attributed headline states the nuclear warning flat, with no source ×1Attributed justification Russia's justification is carried in quotation marks and attributed. No Ukrainian response is given. ×1Attribution Attributes the threat to Moscow and repeats the ministry's list of targets unchallenged. ×1
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Suspilne
Centre
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Suspilne
🇺🇦UA ·
public broadcaster · public-service
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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Ukrainska Pravda
Centre
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Ukrainska Pravda
🇺🇦UA ·
digital · independent
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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Interfax
Centre
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Interfax
🇷🇺RU ·
digital ·
What we have measured
A checkable claim passed on unchecked relays the president's statistic about world cities in quotation marks with no check and no counter-voice ×1A denial carried as characterisation press reports are labelled planted, and the label is passed on in the report's own voice ×1Anonymous source The meetings are sourced to unnamed people familiar with the situation. ×1Anyone hurt named or counted injuries described in clinical detail; the man is never named ×1
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Ukrinform
State / loyalist
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Ukrinform
🇺🇦UA ·
digital · state-controlled
What we have measured
Actor named names the occupying force ×1Actor named Names the occupying force but not what residents are fleeing from ×1Actor named No actor is named. The drone is not attributed to anyone. ×1Actor named Names the attacker and what was damaged, and states the halt flat without naming a source. ×1
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Mediazona
Centre
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Mediazona
🇷🇺RU ·
digital · independent
What we have measured
Actor named the Russian army is named as the actor, in active voice ×1A running total, and a collective actor 'two more' implies earlier removals, and the courts act as a plural with no case or plaintiff named ×1Harm counted The only report that counts people hurt, with a floor rather than a figure ×1Harm counted the only report that counts people hurt ×1
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Novaya Gazeta Europe
Centre
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Novaya Gazeta Europe
🇱🇻LV ·
newspaper · exile
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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Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story
and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
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TASS
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TASS
🇷🇺RU ·
state agency · state-controlled
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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