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Moscow says it hit a Vodafone data centre; Ukraine's press says a drone damaged Kyivstar's head office

Russian strikes on 26–27 September strained Ukraine's phone and internet networks, mostly around Kyiv. Each side's account names a different target, and none of the nine reports we hold sets the two accounts side by side.

РФ заявляє, що атакувала центр обробки даних оператора Vodafone
РФ заявляє, що атакувала центр обробки даних оператора Vodafone as published by Ekonomichna Pravda · seen at Ekonomichna Pravda
Russia & Eurasia Ukraine Russia

What happened. Russian strikes hit Ukraine's telecoms network on 26–27 September. Life.ru reports that Ukraine's digital ministry said the problems were mostly in Kyiv and the surrounding region. Censor.NET quotes the ministry as saying the past day "була складною" (was hard) and that crews are repairing damaged sites.

What was hit: the accounts differ.

Account Target named Carried by
Russia's defence ministry a Vodafone data centre Ekonomichna Pravda, as a claim
Ukrainian press Kyivstar's head office, damaged by a drone Ukrainska Pravda, Ekonomichna Pravda; Obozrevatel without naming the company
Ukrainian press an administrative building in Holosiivskyi district Ukrainska Pravda, Censor.NET

How it was framed. Life.ru's headline says Ukraine "официально признали" (officially admitted) the outages. Its text says only that the ministry stated them. The Insider puts both sides' strikes in one headline: Ukraine's on a Russian refinery and missile plant, and Russia's on Ukrainian data centres.

Who is named as acting. 5 of 9 reports name Russia. 2 call the attacker only "enemy". 2 name no attacker at all.

What is not settled. - Whether a Vodafone data centre was hit. No report we hold carries Vodafone's or Kyiv's word on it. - Who the Holosiivskyi building belongs to. Neither report says. - How many people were hurt. Ukrainska Pravda says people were hurt in Shevchenkivskyi district and gives no number. - How long the outages lasted, and how many users lost service.

This story is about Russian strikes on Ukraine's phone and internet networks, centred on the capital, Kyiv.

How it got here. Russia and Ukraine have been at war since 2014. That year Russia annexed Crimea and backed armed separatists in the eastern Donbas region. In February 2022 Russia launched a full-scale invasion. Its forces were pushed back from around Kyiv that spring, and the war settled into a long front across the east and south. From autumn 2022 Russia struck Ukraine's power grid with missiles and drones, cutting electricity to cities in winter. Ukraine has answered with long-range drone strikes inside Russia, often on refineries and arms plants. Civilian infrastructure has become a front of its own.

The actors. Russia's defence ministry announces what it says its forces hit. Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation runs the government's digital services and speaks for the state on the telecoms network. Kyivstar is Ukraine's largest mobile operator and is owned by the VEON group. Vodafone Ukraine is a separate operator. It uses the Vodafone brand under licence and has been owned since 2019 by the Azerbaijani group NEQSOL. Data centres hold the servers that carry calls, internet traffic, and government and banking services.

What is at stake. Phone and internet lines carry air-raid alerts, emergency calls, payments and the state's own services. If strikes take them down, daily life and the logistics of the war slow down. If the networks hold, this line of attack does little.

Where it stands. The digital ministry says repairs are under way. Neither side has confirmed the other's account of what was hit, and the reports we hold quote neither company.

What is being argued about

  • Which targets were hit: a Vodafone data centre, as Moscow says, or Kyivstar's head office, as Ukraine's press says
  • Whether Ukraine 'admitted' the outages or simply reported them
  • Who is named as the attacker, and who is not
  • How many people were hurt, which no report counts
Nine reports, three targets namedSide by side
OutletWhat it says was hitWho is named as actingAttributed?
Ekonomichna PravdaA Vodafone data centreRussiaYes: 'Міністерство оборони РФ заявило'
Ekonomichna PravdaKyivstar's head officeRussiaNo: stated flat
Ukrainska PravdaKyivstar's head officeRussiaNo: stated flat
ObozrevatelThe head office of one of the largest mobile operatorsNo one namedNo
Ukrainska PravdaAn administrative building, HolosiivskyiAn 'enemy' droneNo
Censor.NETAn administrative building, HolosiivskyiRussian troopsNo
Censor.NETData centres'Enemy' shellingQuotes the digital ministry
Life.ruTelecoms networksNo one namedQuotes the digital ministry
The InsiderData centres and providersRussiaHeadline only
What each report says was hit, who it names as acting, and whether it says where the account comes from.
Sources E Ekonomichna Pravda
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Ekonomichna Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · РФ заявляє, що атакувала центр обробки даних оператора Vodafone Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ekonomichna Pravda → 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 from 1696 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → E Ekonomichna Pravda
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Ekonomichna Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · Росіяни поцілили в офіс "Київстар" Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ekonomichna Pravda → 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 from 1696 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Russians strike head office of Ukraine's mobile telecommunications operator 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 → O Obozrevatel
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Obozrevatel 🇺🇦UA · digital · В Киеве пострадал головной офис одного из крупнейших мобильных операторов Украины 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 → U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent У Голосіївському районі Києва дрон влучив в адмінбудівлю 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 · Окупанти вдарили по адмінбудівлі в Голосіївському районі Києва 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 → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Минула доба була складною, - Мінцифри про атаки РФ на дата-центри 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 → L Life.ru
Right estimate · not a score
Life.ru 🇷🇺RU · digital · Интернет и ТВ дали сбой: На Украине официально признали проблемы со связью после ударов 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 → T The Insider
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Insider 🇷🇺RU · digital · exile ВСУ атаковали российский НПЗ и ракетный завод, Россия — украинские дата-центры и провайдеров Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Insider → What we have measured 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 from 1725 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
27 September: the reports as they were publishedTimeline
  1. 2026-09-26— no time published Digital ministry, via Censor.NET Strikes on data centres make it a hard day for the network
  2. 2026-09-2711:17 published, UTC Ekonomichna Pravda Russia damaged Kyivstar's head office in a drone attack
  3. 2026-09-2711:32 published, UTC The Insider Ukraine hit a Russian refinery and missile plant; Russia hit Ukrainian data centresheadline only
  4. 2026-09-2711:35 published, UTC Digital ministry, via Censor.NET Repairs under way after strikes on data centres
  5. 2026-09-2711:53 published, UTC Ukrainska Pravda A Russian drone damaged Kyivstar's head office
  6. 2026-09-2712:28 published, UTC Russia's defence ministry, via Ekonomichna Pravda Says it struck a Vodafone data centreunconfirmed
  7. 2026-09-2712:59 published, UTC Life.ru Ukraine 'officially admitted' network problems, mostly in Kyiv and the region
  8. 2026-09-2713:07 published, UTC Obozrevatel The head office of a large mobile operator was damaged; the company is assessing the damageno attacker named
  9. 2026-09-2713:19 published, UTC Ukrainska Pravda A drone hit an administrative building in Holosiivskyi; people were hurt in Shevchenkivskyino number given
  10. 2026-09-2713:27 published, UTC Censor.NET Russian troops struck Holosiivskyi district during the day
Times are publication times, UTC.
Sources C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Минула доба була складною, - Мінцифри про атаки РФ на дата-центри 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 Ekonomichna Pravda
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Ekonomichna Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · Росіяни поцілили в офіс "Київстар" Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ekonomichna Pravda → 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 from 1696 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Insider
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Insider 🇷🇺RU · digital · exile ВСУ атаковали российский НПЗ и ракетный завод, Россия — украинские дата-центры и провайдеров Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Insider → What we have measured 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 from 1725 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Russians strike head office of Ukraine's mobile telecommunications operator 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 → E Ekonomichna Pravda
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Ekonomichna Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · РФ заявляє, що атакувала центр обробки даних оператора Vodafone Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ekonomichna Pravda → 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 from 1696 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → L Life.ru
Right estimate · not a score
Life.ru 🇷🇺RU · digital · Интернет и ТВ дали сбой: На Украине официально признали проблемы со связью после ударов 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 · В Киеве пострадал головной офис одного из крупнейших мобильных операторов Украины 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 → U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent У Голосіївському районі Києва дрон влучив в адмінбудівлю 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 · Окупанти вдарили по адмінбудівлі в Голосіївському районі Києва 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

Two targets, one day, no crossing account

One report carries Moscow's claim of a hit on a Vodafone data centre, and it attributes the claim to the defence ministry. Two reports state flat that Russia damaged Kyivstar's head office. No report we hold carries both targets, and none checks one side's claim against the other.

1 reports naming the Vodafone data centre 2 reports naming Kyivstar's office as hit 2 reports with no actor named for the damage 9 reports on the event

Hurt, but not counted

One report says people were hurt in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district. None of the nine gives a number or a name.

1 reports saying people were hurt 0 reports giving a number of hurt
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources E Ekonomichna Pravda
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Ekonomichna Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · РФ заявляє, що атакувала центр обробки даних оператора Vodafone Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ekonomichna Pravda → 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 from 1696 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Russians strike head office of Ukraine's mobile telecommunications operator 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 → E Ekonomichna Pravda
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Ekonomichna Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · Росіяни поцілили в офіс "Київстар" Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ekonomichna Pravda → 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 from 1696 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → O Obozrevatel
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Obozrevatel 🇺🇦UA · digital · В Киеве пострадал головной офис одного из крупнейших мобильных операторов Украины 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 · Минула доба була складною, - Мінцифри про атаки РФ на дата-центри 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 → L Life.ru
Right estimate · not a score
Life.ru 🇷🇺RU · digital · Интернет и ТВ дали сбой: На Украине официально признали проблемы со связью после ударов 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 → T The Insider
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Insider 🇷🇺RU · digital · exile ВСУ атаковали российский НПЗ и ракетный завод, Россия — украинские дата-центры и провайдеров Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Insider → What we have measured 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 from 1725 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Окупанти вдарили по адмінбудівлі в Голосіївському районі Києва 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 → U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent У Голосіївському районі Києва дрон влучив в адмінбудівлю 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 →

Claims and verdicts

unverified Russian forces struck a Vodafone data centre in Ukraine.
Only Ekonomichna Pravda carries this, and it reports it as a claim by Russia's defence ministry. No report we hold confirms or denies the strike from Vodafone or from Ukrainian officials.
Checked against 1 source:
E Ekonomichna Pravda
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Ekonomichna Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · РФ заявляє, що атакувала центр обробки даних оператора Vodafone Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ekonomichna Pravda → 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 from 1696 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true A Russian drone damaged Kyivstar's head office in Kyiv on 27 September.
Ukrainska Pravda and Ekonomichna Pravda both report drone damage to the head office, and Obozrevatel reports that the company is assessing the damage. No report we hold contradicts it.
Checked against 3 sources:
U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Russians strike head office of Ukraine's mobile telecommunications operator 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 → E Ekonomichna Pravda
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Ekonomichna Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · Росіяни поцілили в офіс "Київстар" Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ekonomichna Pravda → 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 from 1696 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → O Obozrevatel
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Obozrevatel 🇺🇦UA · digital · В Киеве пострадал головной офис одного из крупнейших мобильных операторов Украины 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 →
true Ukraine's digital ministry acknowledged network problems after strikes on data centres, mostly in Kyiv and the surrounding region.
Censor.NET, a Ukrainian outlet, and Life.ru, a Russian one, both carry the ministry's statement that the strikes put strain on the networks, and Life.ru places the problems in Kyiv and the region. Both reports rest on the same ministry statement, so they confirm what the ministry said, not the full extent of the damage.
Checked against 2 sources:
C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Минула доба була складною, - Мінцифри про атаки РФ на дата-центри 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 → L Life.ru
Right estimate · not a score
Life.ru 🇷🇺RU · digital · Интернет и ТВ дали сбой: На Украине официально признали проблемы со связью после ударов 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 →

Who wrote it

К Катерина Тищенко Ukrainska Pravda
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying×1
Asserted versus attributed The lede gives Russia's manipulation as the reason for the request, in the report's own voice.×1
Claim in the headline 'Russia manipulates diplomacy' sits after a colon with no speaker; the body states it in the report's own voice×1
Dead described The dead are described by age and sex but not named×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 false2 disputed7 unverified3 true
From 196 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 →
О Ольга Ганюкова Obozrevatel
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted flat the drone's nationality is stated without a source×1
Different verb for each army Russia seizes, Ukraine liberates, for two numbers of the same kind×1
Evaluative wording in the report's own voice the report judges the statement rather than quoting it, and puts the peace language in scare quotes×1
Evaluative word in the report's own voice the headline calls the statement 'cynical' without saying who calls it that×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
4 unverified3 true
From 336 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 →
Д Дарья Денисова Life.ru
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Gap named says what is not known about the missing ballots×1
Gap named missing ballots reported, and the report says what is not known×1
Headline framing The headline presents Ukraine's statement on outages as an admission it was pushed into×1
Headline vs body the headline hedges the 99.9% turnout ('заявили'); the body states it flat×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed2 unverified1 true
From 751 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 →
В Володимир Тунік-Фриз Ekonomichna Pravda · 2 reports on this story
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Assertion vs attribution The Vodafone data-centre strike appears only as the Russian defence ministry's claim, attributed in the sentence×1
Assertion 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×1
Evaluative label the attack is described as 'enemy' in the report's own voice×1
Figure flat cargo figure stated flat with no source named×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading1 disputed4 unverified4 true
From 368 reports we hold under this byline, at Ekonomichna Pravda, Ukrainska Pravda. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
V Volodymyr Tunik-Fryz Ukrainska Pravda
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Assertion vs attribution The Kyivstar hit is stated flat with no source, and Russia is named as the actor×1
Assertion vs attribution The strike on Kyivstar's head office is stated flat, with Russia named as the actor and no source given in the sentence×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 true
From 88 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 →
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 · Окупанти вдарили по адмінбудівлі в Голосіївському районі Києва 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 → —
Calls the attackers 'occupiers' in its headline and 'Russian troops' in its text, and says the Holosiivskyi strike came during the day.
Label for actor: The attacking side is called 'occupiers' instead of being named — “Окупанти вдарили по адмінбудівлі”
Read it at Censor.NET → https://censor.net/ua/news/4025463/rf-udaryla-po-golosiyivskomu-rayionu…
U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent У Голосіївському районі Києва дрон влучив в адмінбудівлю 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
Reports a drone hit on an administrative building in Holosiivskyi, and people hurt in Shevchenkivskyi with no number given.
У Голосіївському районі Києва ворожий БпЛА влучив у 4-поверхову адміністративну будівлю. Джерело: КМВА, мер Києва Віталій Кличко Дослівно КМВА: "У Голосіївському районі зафіксовано влучання в 4-поверхову нежитлову будівлю". Деталі: Кличко заявив про влучання в адміністративну будівлю в Голосіївському районі. Раніше він повідомив, що в Соломʼянському районі сталося влучання в нежитлову будівлю. Він також уточнив, що в Шевченківському районі постраждали четверо людей. Трьох із них госпіталізували. Що передувало: Вранці 27 вересня російські війська атакували Київ. Кличко повідомляв, що у Шевченкі
Harm counted: It says people were hurt but gives no number and no names — “Є постраждалі у Шевченківському районі.”
Harm counted: Injured people are mentioned but not counted, and they are placed in a different district from the building that was hit — “Є постраждалі у Шевченківському районі.”
Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2026/09/27/8055250/
O Obozrevatel
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Obozrevatel 🇺🇦UA · digital · В Киеве пострадал головной офис одного из крупнейших мобильных операторов Украины 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 → —
Names neither the attacker nor the company, and says the company is assessing the damage.
В Киеве во время сегодняшней российской атаки было повреждено здание главного офиса мобильного оператора "Киевстар". В компании сообщили, что все сотрудники находятся в безопасности. В настоящее время команда оператора оценивает последствия атаки и определяет дальнейшие необходимые действия. О повреждении головного офиса сообщили в пресс-службе "Киевстара". Российская атака повредила офис "Киевстара" Во время сегодняшней атаки России на Киев было повреждено здание главного офиса мобильного оператора "Киевстар". "Сегодня в результате вражеской атаки было повреждено здание главного офиса "Киевст
Who is named as acting: No actor is named for the damage, and the operator is not named either — “В Киеве пострадал головной офис одного из крупнейших мобильных операторов Украины”
Who is named as acting: The headline names no attacker and does not name the company either: the office simply 'was damaged' — “В Киеве пострадал головной офис одного из крупнейших мобильных операторов Украины”
Read it at Obozrevatel → https://news.obozrevatel.com/kiyany/v-kieve-postradal-golovnoj-ofis-odn…
L Life.ru
Right estimate · not a score
Life.ru 🇷🇺RU · digital · Интернет и ТВ дали сбой: На Украине официально признали проблемы со связью после ударов 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 → —
A Russian outlet. It places the network problems mostly in Kyiv and the region, and its headline calls the ministry's statement an admission.
«За прошедшие сутки цифровая и телекоммуникационная инфраструктура подверглась дополнительным нагрузкам из-за вражеских атак, в частности в Киеве и области», — говорится в сообщении. Проблемы с телевещанием на Украине возникли 26 сентября после ударов по телекоммуникационной инфраструктуре и дата-центру Cosmonova в Киеве. О временном прекращении или перебоях с передачей сигнала сообщали «Новини.LIVE», «Армія TV» и «Ми-Україна+», у «Суспільного» перестала работать часть видеоплееров. 27 сентября сбои продолжились: проблемы с просмотром отдельных телеканалов фиксировались также у пользователей о
Headline framing: The headline presents Ukraine's statement on outages as an admission it was pushed into — “На Украине официально признали проблемы со связью после ударов”
Loaded verb: The headline says Ukraine 'officially admitted' the outages, but the body says only that the ministry 'stated' them — “На Украине официально признали проблемы со связью после ударов”
Read it at Life.ru → https://life.ru/p/internet-i-tv-dali-sboy-na-ukraine-ofitsialno-priznal…
E Ekonomichna Pravda
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Ekonomichna Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · РФ заявляє, що атакувала центр обробки даних оператора Vodafone Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ekonomichna Pravda → 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 from 1696 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report that carries Russia's claim: its defence ministry says it struck a Vodafone data centre.
РФ заявляє, що атакувала центр обробки даних оператора Vodafone Володимир Тунік-Фриз — 27 вересня, 15:28 Росіяни заявляють, що атакували центр обробки даних оператора Vodafone Getty Images Посилання скопійовано Міністерство оборони РФ заявило, що росіяни атакували центр обробки даних компанії Vodafone. Про це повідомляє російське пропагандистське медіа "Интерфакс". У самій компанії Vodafone атаку не коментували. Кількість постраждалих внаслідок атаки також залишається невідомою. Нагадаємо: 27 вересня, під час дронової атаки, РФ пошкодила будівлю головного офісу компанії "Київстар". Vodafone Ре
Assertion vs attribution: The Vodafone data-centre strike appears only as the Russian defence ministry's claim, attributed in the sentence — “Міністерство оборони РФ заявило, що росіяни атакували центр обробки даних компанії Vodafone”
Assertion 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 — “Міністерство оборони РФ заявило, що росіяни атакували центр обробки даних компанії Vodafone.”
Read it at Ekonomichna Pravda → https://epravda.com.ua/biznes/rosiyani-zayavili-shcho-poshkodili-data-c…
U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Russians strike head office of Ukraine's mobile telecommunications operator 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
Places the Kyivstar hit within continuing attacks on Ukraine's telecoms and data centres.
Russia damaged the head office building of the Kyivstar company, Ukraine's mobile telecommunications operator, during a drone attack on 27 September. Source: Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne, citing press service for Kyivstar Quote: "All employees are safe. The company is assessing the aftermath of the attack and coordinating necessary further actions." Background: On 17 September, Russian forces struck a building housing equipment belonging to Kyivstar in Kyiv Oblast. No one was injured. A Russian attack on 23 September damaged one of Kyiv's data centres housing the core equipment of the
Assertion vs attribution: The Kyivstar hit is stated flat with no source, and Russia is named as the actor — “A Russian drone strike damaged the Kyivstar head office on 27 September”
Assertion vs attribution: The strike on Kyivstar's head office is stated flat, with Russia named as the actor and no source given in the sentence — “A Russian drone strike damaged the Kyivstar head office on 27 September”
Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/09/27/8055241/
C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Минула доба була складною, - Мінцифри про атаки РФ на дата-центри 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 → —
Quotes the digital ministry calling 26 September a hard day, with repairs under way.
Через ворожі обстріли дата-центрів 26 вересня виявилося важким днем для української цифрової та телекомунікаційної мережі. Попри атаки, спеціалісти безперервно ліквідовують наслідки, відновлюють пошкоджені об'єкти та вживають заходів для зміцнення усієї системи.
Who is named as acting: The attacker is called 'enemy' and is not named as Russia — “Через ворожі обстріли дата-центрів”
Read it at Censor.NET → https://censor.net/ua/news/4025454/ataka-rf-na-data-tsentry-ta-zv-yazok…
T The Insider
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Insider 🇷🇺RU · digital · exile ВСУ атаковали российский НПЗ и ракетный завод, Россия — украинские дата-центры и провайдеров Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Insider → What we have measured 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 from 1725 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — exile
The only report that sets Ukraine's strikes on a Russian refinery and missile plant beside Russia's strikes on data centres. We hold only its headline.
Россия и Украина в последние дни обменялись сериями ударов по промышленной, военной и цифровой инфраструктуре. ВСУ атаковали Ильский НПЗ в Краснодарском крае, Азовский оптико-механический завод в Ростовской области и военные объекты на оккупированных территориях. Российские войска, в свою очередь, несколько раз ударили по центрам обработки данных и инфраструктуре интернет-провайдеров в Киеве, что привело к перебоям с интернетом и телевещанием. В ночь на 26 сентября украинские силы атаковали Ильский НПЗ в Краснодарском крае. По данным СБУ, возгорания возникли в районе резервуарного парка и уста
Read it at The Insider → https://theins.ru/news/297584
E Ekonomichna Pravda
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Ekonomichna Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · Росіяни поцілили в офіс "Київстар" Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ekonomichna Pravda → 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 from 1696 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Names Russia as the attacker and says Kyivstar's office was hit during a drone attack on 27 September.
Росіяни поцілили в офіс "Київстар" Володимир Тунік-Фриз — 27 вересня, 14:17 Росіяни поцілили в офіс Київстар КИЇВСТАР Посилання скопійовано 27 вересня, під час дронової атаки, РФ пошкодила будівлю головного офісу компанії "Київстар". Про це повідомляє "Суспільне" із посиланням на пресслужбу "Київстару". "Усі працівники перебувають в безпеці. У компанії оцінюють наслідки атаки та координують необхідні подальші дії", – зазначено у повідомленні. Нагадаємо: 17 вересня на Київщині росіяни поцілили у будівлю із обладнанням компанії "Київстар", обійшлося без жертв. 23 вересня внаслідок російської ата
Read it at Ekonomichna Pravda → https://epravda.com.ua/biznes/rosiyani-atakuvali-kijivstar-826011/
Checked, didn’t cover
M Meduza
Centre estimate · not a score
Meduza 🇱🇻LV · digital · exile No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 from 1071 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 No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → T The Moscow Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Moscow Times 🇳🇱NL · newspaper · exile No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 from 429 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → S Suspilne
Centre estimate · not a score
Suspilne 🇺🇦UA · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 from 20607 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → I Interfax
Centre estimate · not a score
Interfax 🇷🇺RU · digital · No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 from 7627 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → U Ukrinform
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Ukrinform 🇺🇦UA · digital · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 from 2995 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → M Mediazona
Centre estimate · not a score
Mediazona 🇷🇺RU · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 from 803 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → N Novaya Gazeta Europe
Centre estimate · not a score
Novaya Gazeta Europe 🇱🇻LV · newspaper · exile No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 from 1055 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TASS
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
TASS 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 from 6410 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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