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Life.ru says the prosecutor general fled Ukraine; Espreso TV says he booked himself five days in Paris

Eight reports, seven outlets, one decree. All say Ruslan Kravchenko was suspended on 14 September. One says he ran; one calls him former already; two say parliament has yet to vote.

Зеленський відсторонив Кравченка з посади генпрокурора
Зеленський відсторонив Кравченка з посади генпрокурора as published by Ukrainska Pravda · seen at Ukrainska Pravda
Geopolitics & international affairs Ukraine Russia

The decree. All eight reports we hold say President Volodymyr Zelensky suspended Ruslan Kravchenko as prosecutor general on 14 September. Espreso TV and Regnum both quote the operative line. Espreso TV alone names the legal basis: an article of the law on the legal regime of martial law.

The morning. Espreso TV is the only report that says what came first — that hours earlier Kravchenko announced he had signed a notice of suspicion against Semen Kryvonos, director of the anti-corruption bureau, over forged documents and a fictitious adoption. Censor.NET's live report has Kryvonos and anti-corruption prosecutor Oleksandr Klymenko answering "Kravchenko's accusations". That confirms accusations were made, not what they were.

Where he is, by outlet.

Outlet What it says became of him Attributed to anyone?
Espreso TV Suspended. He writes he is on a foreign work trip; sources place it as a five-day trip to Paris he arranged himself; the Council of Europe assembly says he is not attending Yes — to him, to Suspilne, to the assembly
Life.ru "Fled Ukraine", in the headline. Its own text says parliament votes on his dismissal on 15 September No
Censor.NET "Former prosecutor general", before any vote No
Regnum Suspended. Calls the president "head of the Kyiv regime" No
Ukrainska Pravda Suspended, and nothing further —

Not settled. Whether Kravchenko is out of office or out of the country. The charge against Kryvonos rests on one report. We hold nothing on what the anti-corruption bureau said at its briefing, only that it was speaking.

What this is about. Who gets to investigate corruption in Ukraine — and whether the country's chief prosecutor still holds the job.

How it got here. Ukraine has been at war since Russia's full-scale invasion of February 2022, and has been under martial law ever since. Martial law is why this is a decree at all: it lets the president suspend officials he appoints. Separately, after the 2014 uprising and the change of government that followed, Ukraine built two bodies to pursue official corruption — the national anti-corruption bureau and a specialised anti-corruption prosecution service, both operating from 2015, both deliberately placed outside the prosecutor general's chain of command. Western lenders and the European Union treated their independence as a condition; Ukraine became an EU candidate in June 2022 with that condition attached. In July 2025 parliament passed a law putting both under the prosecutor general's authority, then reversed it within days after street protests. The fault line in today's story is that same one.

The immediate chain, as the reports give it: on 4 September the bureau and the anti-corruption prosecutors said they had uncovered a criminal organisation, involving — by their account — an official of the Prosecutor General's Office, suspected of shielding fraudulent call centres. On 8 September Zelensky said he had met Kravchenko, who had submitted a resignation letter, and that a request would go to parliament. On the morning of 14 September Kravchenko said he had signed a suspicion notice against Semen Kryvonos, who runs the bureau.

The actors. Zelensky appoints the prosecutor general and, under martial law, can suspend him. Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, must vote a dismissal. Kryvonos and Oleksandr Klymenko head the two anti-corruption bodies. The Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly appears only because Kravchenko's trip was booked for its hearings.

At stake. Whether the institutions Ukraine's EU path rests on can investigate the office above them — or be removed by decree in wartime.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Whether the prosecutor general was suspended or has fled the country
  • The suspicion notice he signed against the anti-corruption bureau's director that morning
  • The martial-law article the decree rests on, carried by one report
  • What each report calls the president and the suspended prosecutor
14 September, as the reports date itTimeline
  1. 2026-09-14— no time published; Espreso TV says morning Ruslan Kravchenko, prosecutor general Says he has signed a notice of suspicion against Semen Kryvonos, director of the anti-corruption bureau, over forged documents and a fictitious adoption —One report carries this
  2. 2026-09-1414:08 published time, UTC Espreso TV Publishes the decree and the article of the martial-law law it rests on; adds that Zelensky asked parliament to back the dismissal at once and that the vote is set for 15 September —Also carries Kravchenko's "foreign work trip", the Paris trip and the assembly's denial
  3. 2026-09-1414:09 published time, UTC Life.ru Headline: the president suspended the prosecutor general "who fled Ukraine". Text: the Rada votes on 15 September —The headline claim appears nowhere in its own text
  4. 2026-09-1414:12 published time, UTC RIA Novosti Headline only — we hold no text —One of two reports with nothing beyond the headline
  5. 2026-09-1414:14 published time, UTC Ukrainska Pravda One sentence: the president suspended him —No ground, no sequence
  6. 2026-09-1414:15 published time, UTC Regnum Quotes the decree's operative line; calls the president "head of the Kyiv regime" —Censor.NET publishes its own one-line account the same minute
  7. 2026-09-1414:18 published time, UTC Obozrevatel Headline only — we hold no text —The second of the two
  8. 2026-09-1414:22 published time, UTC Censor.NET Live: Kryvonos and anti-corruption prosecutor Oleksandr Klymenko answer Kravchenko's accusations. Calls him "former prosecutor general" —Fourteen minutes after the first report of the decree
Times are the times each report was published, as stored, in UTC. Where a report dates something but gives no clock time, the time column says so.
Sources E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленський відсторонив Руслана Кравченка від посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Espreso TV → What we have measured 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 from 3655 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Life.ru
Right estimate · not a score
Life.ru 🇷🇺RU · digital · Не дождался Рады: Зеленский отстранил бежавшего с Украины генпрокурора Кравченко Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Life.ru → What we have measured 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 from 24961 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RIA Novosti → 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 from 31373 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Зеленський відсторонив Кравченка з посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → 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 from 7025 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленський відсторонив Кравченка з посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → 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 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R Regnum
Right estimate · not a score
Regnum 🇷🇺RU · digital · Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Украины Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Regnum → 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 from 11156 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → O Obozrevatel
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Obozrevatel 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генерального прокурора — указ президента Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Obozrevatel → 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 from 9944 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Директор НАБУ Кривонос та керівник САП Клименко відповідають на звинувачення Кравченка. НАЖИВО Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → 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 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
One decree, four words for the same manSide by side
OutletWhat it calls himIn its own wordsHedged?
The prosecutor general who fled UkraineНе дождался Рады: Зеленский отстранил бежавшего с Украины генпрокурора КравченкоNo — asserted in the headline; the text below it says only that the Rada votes on 15 SeptemberLife.ru
Former prosecutor generalколишнім генеральним прокурором Русланом КравченкомNo — and the dismissal vote has not happenedCensor.NET
Suspended, and on a foreign work trip he says he arrangedКравченко написав, що перебуває у "закордонному відрядженні" … однак у самій ПАРЄ заявили, що він або представники його відомства не братимуть участі в засіданні.Yes — to him, to Suspilne's sources, and to the assembly he namedEspreso TV
Suspended from the post of prosecutor generalПрезидент Володимир Зеленський відсторонив Руслана Кравченка від посади генерального прокурора.The decree, and nothing elseUkrainska Pravda
Suspended — and the president is "head of the Kyiv regime"Глава киевского режима Владимир Зеленский отстранил Руслана Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Украины.No — the epithet is the outlet's ownRegnum
Measured from the published text, with the sentence that earned it. Not a judgement of any outlet.
Sources L Life.ru
Right estimate · not a score
Life.ru 🇷🇺RU · digital · Не дождался Рады: Зеленский отстранил бежавшего с Украины генпрокурора Кравченко Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Life.ru → What we have measured 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 from 24961 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Директор НАБУ Кривонос та керівник САП Клименко відповідають на звинувачення Кравченка. НАЖИВО Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → 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 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленський відсторонив Руслана Кравченка від посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Espreso TV → What we have measured 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 from 3655 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Зеленський відсторонив Кравченка з посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → 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 from 7025 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R Regnum
Right estimate · not a score
Regnum 🇷🇺RU · digital · Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Украины Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Regnum → 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 from 11156 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
What the eight reports carryChart
Counts of the reports this desk holds on this event. Another desk may hold more.
Sources E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленський відсторонив Руслана Кравченка від посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Espreso TV → What we have measured 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 from 3655 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Life.ru
Right estimate · not a score
Life.ru 🇷🇺RU · digital · Не дождался Рады: Зеленский отстранил бежавшего с Украины генпрокурора Кравченко Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Life.ru → What we have measured 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 from 24961 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RIA Novosti → 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 from 31373 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Зеленський відсторонив Кравченка з посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → 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 from 7025 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленський відсторонив Кравченка з посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → 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 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R Regnum
Right estimate · not a score
Regnum 🇷🇺RU · digital · Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Украины Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Regnum → 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 from 11156 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → O Obozrevatel
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Obozrevatel 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генерального прокурора — указ президента Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Obozrevatel → 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 from 9944 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Директор НАБУ Кривонос та керівник САП Клименко відповідають на звинувачення Кравченка. НАЖИВО Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → 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 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Eight reports carry the decree, one carries the morning

Every report says the president suspended the prosecutor general. One says that the same morning the prosecutor had signed a notice of suspicion against the head of the anti-corruption bureau, which is the fact that makes the order legible. Two carry no text at all beyond their headline.

8 reports carrying the suspension 1 reports saying what he did that morning 2 reports naming the anti-corruption bureau's director 2 reports with no text beyond the headline

What each report calls the two men

One report names the president as head of the Kyiv regime rather than by his office. One asserts in its headline that the prosecutor had fled Ukraine, a claim its own text does not support. Two note that parliament has yet to vote on his dismissal, set for 15 September.

1 reports calling the president head of the Kyiv regime 1 reports saying the prosecutor fled the country 1 reports calling him former before any vote 2 reports noting the vote is still to come
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Зеленський відсторонив Кравченка з посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → 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 from 7025 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленський відсторонив Кравченка з посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → 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 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленський відсторонив Руслана Кравченка від посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Espreso TV → What we have measured 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 from 3655 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RIA Novosti → 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 from 31373 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R Regnum
Right estimate · not a score
Regnum 🇷🇺RU · digital · Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Украины Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Regnum → 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 from 11156 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Life.ru
Right estimate · not a score
Life.ru 🇷🇺RU · digital · Не дождался Рады: Зеленский отстранил бежавшего с Украины генпрокурора Кравченко Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Life.ru → What we have measured 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 from 24961 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → O Obozrevatel
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Obozrevatel 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генерального прокурора — указ президента Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Obozrevatel → 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 from 9944 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Директор НАБУ Кривонос та керівник САП Клименко відповідають на звинувачення Кравченка. НАЖИВО Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → 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 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true Zelensky suspended Ruslan Kravchenko as prosecutor general by decree on 14 September.
Espreso TV and Regnum both quote the operative line of the published decree, and Ukrainska Pravda, Censor.NET, Obozrevatel, RIA Novosti and Life.ru report it independently of each other. Espreso adds that the suspension rests on an article of the martial-law act.
Checked against 7 sources:
E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленський відсторонив Руслана Кравченка від посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Espreso TV → What we have measured 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 from 3655 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R Regnum
Right estimate · not a score
Regnum 🇷🇺RU · digital · Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Украины Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Regnum → 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 from 11156 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Зеленський відсторонив Кравченка з посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → 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 from 7025 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленський відсторонив Кравченка з посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → 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 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → O Obozrevatel
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Obozrevatel 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генерального прокурора — указ президента Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Obozrevatel → 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 from 9944 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RIA Novosti → 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 from 31373 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Life.ru
Right estimate · not a score
Life.ru 🇷🇺RU · digital · Не дождался Рады: Зеленский отстранил бежавшего с Украины генпрокурора Кравченко Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Life.ru → What we have measured 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 from 24961 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified That morning Kravchenko signed a notice of suspicion against Semen Kryvonos, the head of the anti-corruption bureau, over document forgery and a fictitious adoption.
Espreso TV is the only report we hold that gives the charge and its timing. Censor.NET's report of a live briefing by Kryvonos and anti-corruption prosecutor Oleksandr Klymenko "answering Kravchenko's accusations" confirms accusations were made, but not what they were.
Checked against 2 sources:
E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленський відсторонив Руслана Кравченка від посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Espreso TV → What we have measured 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 from 3655 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Директор НАБУ Кривонос та керівник САП Клименко відповідають на звинувачення Кравченка. НАЖИВО Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → 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 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
misleading Kravchenko fled Ukraine.
Only Life.ru says "fled", and only in its headline; its own text says parliament votes on his dismissal on 15 September. Espreso TV reports that Kravchenko says he is on a foreign work trip, that sources place it as a self-arranged five-day trip to Paris for a Council of Europe assembly hearing, and that the assembly says neither he nor his office is attending.
Checked against 2 sources:
L Life.ru
Right estimate · not a score
Life.ru 🇷🇺RU · digital · Не дождался Рады: Зеленский отстранил бежавшего с Украины генпрокурора Кравченко Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Life.ru → What we have measured 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 from 24961 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленський відсторонив Руслана Кравченка від посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Espreso TV → What we have measured 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 from 3655 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

Д Даниил Борщ Obozrevatel
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Body carries only the official half the entire body is the handover to police; the allegation survives only in quotation marks in the headline×1
Headline against body headline says the sanctions were introduced; the body carries only a line about trade growth and never says the bill is unsigned×1
Headline claim the body does not carry headline says sanctions were introduced; the stored text carries only trade growth×1
Headline exceeds body The headline says the jets were 'shot down'; the body says only that the drones flew about 500 km×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false1 misleading1 disputed6 unverified1 true
From 350 reports we hold under this byline, at Obozrevatel. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
В Валентина Романенко Ukrainska Pravda
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Act without its context the decree reported alone, with nothing of what preceded it×1
Asserted not attributed The killing is stated as fact in the report's own voice. No source appears in the text we hold.×1
Designation in the report's own voice the frigate is called "enemy" by the report, not by a quoted source×1
Headline attribution the motive claim is carried as one official's belief, not as fact×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed6 unverified3 true
From 300 reports we hold under this byline, at Ukrainska Pravda. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
Р РИА Новости RIA Novosti
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named no attacker named; the channels only 'said' there were failures×1
Actor named the outage is reported with no actor named×1
Actor named 'the West' is named as acting, attributed to the foreign ministry spokeswoman×1
Actor named headline names Ukraine's armed forces as the attacker×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 false2 misleading5 disputed38 unverified12 true
From 26630 reports we hold under this byline, at RIA Novosti, Regnum. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
А Александра Вишнякова Life.ru
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted, not attributed headline states he fled the country; the man's own account is a work trip×1
Headline beyond body The headline says pipelines. The lede says only 'transport and industrial infrastructure'×1
Headline beyond body The headline says the West 'destroys pipelines'. The lede we hold says transport and industrial infrastructure and never mentions pipelines.×1
Headline claim the body does not carry the headline says he fled the country; the body says only that parliament votes tomorrow×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading2 unverified1 true
From 593 reports we hold under this byline, at Life.ru. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
Н Наталя Пристанська Espreso TV
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attributed intent Moscow's purpose is asserted inside the sourced passage×1
Claim checked against a named body his stated reason for travel put against what the assembly itself says×1
Context added that no other report carries earlier threats to other states are stacked beneath the speech as a pattern×1
Counter check attributed his stated reason for the trip is checked against the body he said he was visiting×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 misleading4 disputed13 unverified7 true
From 427 reports we hold under this byline, at Espreso TV. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 3 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Директор НАБУ Кривонос та керівник САП Клименко відповідають на звинувачення Кравченка. НАЖИВО Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → 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 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report that puts the other side on the record: the bureau's Semen Kryvonos and anti-corruption prosecutor Oleksandr Klymenko briefing reporters. It calls Kravchenko "former" while the vote is still to come.
Директор НАБУ Семен Кривонос та керівник САП Олександр Клименко проводять брифінг для медіа щодо ситуації з колишнім генеральним прокурором Русланом Кравченком.
The other side heard: the two officials he accused are given the floor, and he is already called former — “Директор НАБУ Семен Кривонос та керівник САП Олександр Клименко проводять брифінг для медіа щодо ситуації з колишнім генеральним прокурором Русланом Кравченком.”
Title given to the suspended official: called "former" while the dismissal vote has not happened — “колишнім генеральним прокурором Русланом Кравченком”
Read it at Censor.NET → https://censor.net/ua/videonews/4023378/kryvonos-ta-klymenko-sap-provod…
O Obozrevatel
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Obozrevatel 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генерального прокурора — указ президента Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Obozrevatel → 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 from 9944 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский отстранил Руслана Кравченко от должности Генерального прокурора Украины. Соответствующий указ глава государства подписал 14 сентября 2026 года. Об этом говорится в указе президента Украины № 905/2026. Документ издан в соответствии с частью второй статьи 11 Закона Украины "О правовом режиме военного положения". "Отстранить Кравченко Руслана Андреевича от должности Генерального прокурора", — говорится в указе президента. Указ вступает в силу со дня его обнародования. Что известно о скандале вокруг Кравченко Напомним, 4 сентября детективы НАБУ и прокуроры САП
Read it at Obozrevatel → https://www.obozrevatel.com/politics-news/zelenskij-otstranil-kravchenk…
R Regnum
Right estimate · not a score
Regnum 🇷🇺RU · digital · Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Украины Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Regnum → 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 from 11156 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Quotes the decree's operative line and titles the president "head of the Kyiv regime" before his name.
Глава киевского режима Владимир Зеленский отстранил Руслана Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Украины. Соответствующий указ был опубликован 14 сентября. Ранее в этот же день Кравченко покинул Украину. При этом в своем Telegram-канале он заявил, что находится в зарубежной командировке, где планируе...
How the actor is named: the president is named by an epithet rather than an office — “Глава киевского режима Владимир Зеленский”
Loaded naming of a head of state: the president is titled as head of a "regime" before his own name — “Глава киевского режима Владимир Зеленский отстранил Руслана Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Украины.”
Read it at Regnum → https://regnum.ru/news/4061636
C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленський відсторонив Кравченка з посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → 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 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The same single line, with the decree's own verb — the president ruled that he be suspended.
Президент Володимир Зеленський постановив відсторонити Руслана Кравченка з посади генерального прокурора України.
Read it at Censor.NET → https://censor.net/ua/news/4023375/ruslan-kravchenko-vidstoronenyyi-z-p…
U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Зеленський відсторонив Кравченка з посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → 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 from 7025 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
One line: the president suspended him. No ground, no sequence, no answer from anyone.
Президент Володимир Зеленський відсторонив Руслана Кравченка від посади генерального прокурора. Джерело: указ на сайті глави держави Дослівно: "Відповідно до частини другої статті 11 закону України "Про правовий режим воєнного стану" постановляю: Відсторонити Кравченка Руслана Андрійовича від посади генерального прокурора. Деталі: Документ датовано 14 вересня. Довідково: Згідно з чинним законодавством, президент України у період дії воєнного стану може прийняти рішення про відсторонення від займаної посади посадової особи, призначення на посаду та звільнення з посади якої віднесено до його пов
Act without its context: the decree reported alone, with nothing of what preceded it — “Президент Володимир Зеленський відсторонив Руслана Кравченка від посади генерального прокурора.”
Stated without reason or basis: the act and nothing else — no ground, no sequence, no response — “Президент Володимир Зеленський відсторонив Руслана Кравченка від посади генерального прокурора.”
Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2026/09/14/8053382/
R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Зеленский отстранил Кравченко от должности генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RIA Novosti → 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 from 31373 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-controlled
Read it at RIA Novosti → https://ria.ru/20260914/kravchenko-2117625226.html
L Life.ru
Right estimate · not a score
Life.ru 🇷🇺RU · digital · Не дождался Рады: Зеленский отстранил бежавшего с Украины генпрокурора Кравченко Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Life.ru → What we have measured 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 from 24961 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report saying he fled Ukraine, and only in its headline — "Didn't wait for the Rada". Its own text says the Rada votes on his dismissal on 15 September.
Ранее в понедельник Зеленский внёс в украинский парламент представление об увольнении Кравченко и потребовал рассмотреть его без промедления. Кадровый конфликт резко обострился после того, как подавший заявление об отставке Кравченко сообщил, что подписал обвинение директору Национального антикоррупционного бюро Украины Семёну Кривоносу. Генпрокурор также призвал Кривоноса и руководителя САП Александра Клименко оставить свои посты. После этого Зеленский публично заявил, что у Кравченко «только один путь» — увольнение с должности. При этом в ночь на 14 сентября генпрокурор покинул Украину на сл
Headline claim the body does not carry: the headline says he fled the country; the body says only that parliament votes tomorrow — “Не дождался Рады: Зеленский отстранил бежавшего с Украины генпрокурора Кравченко”
Asserted, not attributed: headline states he fled the country; the man's own account is a work trip — “Зеленский отстранил бежавшего с Украины генпрокурора Кравченко”
Read it at Life.ru → https://life.ru/p/ne-dozhdalsya-rady-zelenskiy-otstranil-bezhavshego-s-…
E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Зеленський відсторонив Руслана Кравченка від посади генпрокурора Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Espreso TV → What we have measured 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 from 3655 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report that dates the morning: Kravchenko says he signed a suspicion notice against the bureau's director over forged documents and a fictitious adoption. It also names the martial-law article, says Zelensky
Про це йдеться в укзі, оприлюдненого на сайті Президента України.Що передбачає указВідповідно до документа, Кравченка відсторонено від посади на підставі статті закону "Про правовий режим воєнного стану"."Відсторонити Кравченка Руслана Андрійовича від посади генерального прокурора", – йдеться в доументі.Указ президент підписав 14 вересня.Що цьому передувалоВранці 14 вересня генпрокурор Руслан Кравченко заявив, що підписав повідомлення про підозру директору НАБУ Семену Кривоносу. За його словами, йдеться про можливе підроблення офіційних документів для отримання неправомірної вигоди в особливо
Sequence dated: the only report that dates what the prosecutor did hours before he was suspended — “Вранці 14 вересня генпрокурор Руслан Кравченко заявив, що підписав повідомлення про підозру директору НАБУ Семену Кривоносу.”
Counter check attributed: his stated reason for the trip is checked against the body he said he was visiting — “однак у самій ПАРЄ заявили, що він або представники його відомства не братимуть участі в засіданні.”
Order of events: the only report giving what came first — his move against the bureau chief that morning — “Вранці 14 вересня генпрокурор Руслан Кравченко заявив, що підписав повідомлення про підозру директору НАБУ Семену Кривоносу.”
Claim checked against a named body: his stated reason for travel put against what the assembly itself says — “однак у самій ПАРЄ заявили, що він або представники його відомства не братимуть участі в засіданні”
Read it at Espreso TV → https://espreso.tv/news-zelenskiy-vidstoroniv-ruslana-kravchenka-vid-po…
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UN News
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UN News INT · official record · intergovernmental body No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actors named Names both vetoing states and the sponsor, and says what the draft would have created ×1Asserted versus attributed share of women and children among the dead given with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed Israel named as acting, stated in the report's own voice ×1Asymmetric verb The Iranian government's crimes are 'confirmed'. The US finding is only 'reasonable grounds'. The two findings are weighted differently in one sentence. ×1 from 439 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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International Court of Justice
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International Court of Justice INT · official record · intergovernmental body No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → International Criminal Court
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International Criminal Court INT · official record · intergovernmental body No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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