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RIA Novosti says the Pope asked Europe to give ground; Censor.NET says he asked the parties to the talks

Pope Leo XIV told European leaders in Metz that peace needs concessions. Three reports we hold name three different parties as the ones asked to concede. The only direct quote we hold says "we".

Папа Лев XIV закликав до поступок заради миру в Україні і застеріг Європу від "ілюзії переозброєння"
Папа Лев XIV закликав до поступок заради миру в Україні і застеріг Європу від "ілюзії переозброєння" as published by Espreso TV · seen at Espreso TV
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What he said. Espreso TV quotes the Pope through Reuters. Speaking in Metz on 28 September, he said: "We need to show courage in negotiations and be ready to give up some positions for the higher good of peace." In a separate line he warned against "the illusion that rearmament is the answer".

Who he asked. Three reports give three answers.

Outlet Who is asked to give ground Country named?
RIA Novosti (Russian state media) "Europe" We hold only the headline
Censor.NET (Ukraine) "the parties to the talks" Says he named neither Ukraine nor Russia
Espreso TV (Ukraine) "we" in the quote; the headline says "peace in Ukraine" Its body says he did not name Ukraine

What the quote carries. The quoted line names no party. Europe is addressed in a different line, the one about rearmament. The fact-check rated RIA Novosti's reading, that Europe was the party asked to concede, as misleading.

What the outlets add. Censor.NET's headline sets the call "against the backdrop of Russia's war against Ukraine". Espreso TV adds "Russia's aggressive policy" next to the Pope's words. Neither phrase is his.

What is not settled. - We hold RIA Novosti's headline and none of its text. We cannot say whether the body supports the word "Europe". - We hold only Censor.NET's opening paragraph. - We hold no full text of the speech. We do not know whether it names anyone who should concede.

What this is about. The head of the Catholic Church called for concessions to end a war in Europe. The outlets disagree about whom he was addressing.

How it got here. Russia seized and annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. The same year, Russian-backed forces took parts of the Donbas in eastern Ukraine, and fighting there continued for eight years. In February 2022 Russia launched a full-scale invasion. Since then the two countries have fought along a front in the east and south. Ukraine is backed by European governments and, with conditions attached, by the United States. Talks to end the war have repeatedly stalled. The dispute that blocks them is land. Espreso TV, citing Reuters, reports that neither side has shown it is ready to give up territory. It also reports that President Volodymyr Zelensky met President Donald Trump in New York last week to discuss a path to peace.

The actors. Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost, was elected pope in May 2025. He is the first pope from the United States. The Holy See usually presents itself as a mediator and avoids naming the side it blames. His predecessor, Francis, named Cardinal Matteo Zuppi as his peace envoy for Ukraine in 2023. According to Espreso TV, Zuppi is in Moscow from 28 to 30 September for meetings with Russian officials on the war's humanitarian effects. The Pope spoke in Metz, the French city where Robert Schuman lived. Schuman was one of the founders of what became the European Union. Espreso TV reports that he cited Pope Benedict XV's appeal for a negotiated peace in 1917, during the First World War.

What is at stake. European governments are raising military spending. Espreso TV, citing Reuters, says the rise last year was the largest since the Cold War ended. The Pope questioned that course. Who he meant should concede matters too. Aimed at Europe, his call reads as a message to Kyiv's backers. Aimed at "the parties", it reads as a message to both Russia and Ukraine.

Where it stands. No ceasefire is in force, and none of the reports we hold describes a date for new talks.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Whom the Pope asked to give ground: Europe, the parties to the talks, or no one in particular
  • Whether he named Ukraine or Russia
  • His warning against 'the illusion' of rearmament
  • What each outlet added around his words
Three reports, three parties asked to concedeSide by side
OutletWho is asked to give groundDid the Pope name a country?What the outlet adds
RIA Novosti"Europe" (headline)Not stated in what we holdWe hold the headline only
Censor.NET"the parties to the talks"No: "neither Ukraine nor Russia"Headline: "against the backdrop of Russia's war against Ukraine"
Espreso TV"we" in the quote; "peace in Ukraine" in the headlineNo: "did not name Ukraine directly""Russia's aggressive policy" set beside the Pope's words
Our translations from Russian and Ukrainian. We hold RIA Novosti's headline and Censor.NET's first paragraph only.
Sources R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Папа Римский призвал Европу ради мира пожертвовать частью своих позиций 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 → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Папа Лев XIV закликав сторони бути готовими до поступок заради миру на тлі війни РФ проти України 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 · Папа Лев XIV закликав до поступок заради миру в Україні і застеріг Європу від "ілюзії переозброєння" 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 bias in this coverageBias

Europe, or the parties to the talks

One report says the Pope asked Europe to give up part of its positions. Another says he asked the parties to talks, and that he named neither Ukraine nor Russia. The quoted words, 'give up some positions', name no one.

1 reports naming Europe as the one to concede 1 reports naming the parties to talks 2 reports noting he named neither country
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Папа Лев XIV закликав до поступок заради миру в Україні і застеріг Європу від "ілюзії переозброєння" 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 · Папа Лев XIV закликав сторони бути готовими до поступок заради миру на тлі війни РФ проти України 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 RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Папа Римский призвал Европу ради мира пожертвовать частью своих позиций 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 →

Claims and verdicts

true At Metz, Pope Leo XIV said negotiators must be ready to give up some positions for the sake of peace.
Espreso TV quotes the line through Reuters, and Censor.NET carries the same call. RIA Novosti's headline also reports a call to give up positions.
Checked against 3 sources:
E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Папа Лев XIV закликав до поступок заради миру в Україні і застеріг Європу від "ілюзії переозброєння" 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 · Папа Лев XIV закликав сторони бути готовими до поступок заради миру на тлі війни РФ проти України 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 RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Папа Римский призвал Европу ради мира пожертвовать частью своих позиций 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 →
true The Pope did not name Ukraine or Russia when he spoke about the war.
Censor.NET says he named neither country. Espreso TV, reporting through Reuters, says he did not name Ukraine directly.
Checked against 2 sources:
C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Папа Лев XIV закликав сторони бути готовими до поступок заради миру на тлі війни РФ проти України 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 · Папа Лев XIV закликав до поступок заради миру в Україні і застеріг Європу від "ілюзії переозброєння" 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 →
misleading The Pope urged Europe to give up part of its positions for peace.
This is RIA Novosti's headline. Espreso TV and Censor.NET report the call as aimed at the parties to the negotiations, with Europe addressed separately and warned against the 'illusion' of rearmament.
Checked against 3 sources:
R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Папа Римский призвал Европу ради мира пожертвовать частью своих позиций 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 → E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Папа Лев XIV закликав до поступок заради миру в Україні і застеріг Європу від "ілюзії переозброєння" 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 · Папа Лев XIV закликав сторони бути готовими до поступок заради миру на тлі війни РФ проти України 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 →

Who wrote it

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 →
М Марія Дроб'язко Espreso TV
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named Russia is named as the actor in the shift to combat use.×1
Anonymous sourcing The whole account rests on diplomats who are not named×1
Are the hurt counted the dead are neither counted nor named; the injured are 'dozens'×1
A second, unreconciled figure a different amount appears at the end, and no report explains how it relates to the first×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 misleading6 disputed24 unverified11 true
From 483 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. · 1 report we hold carries no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Папа Римский призвал Европу ради мира пожертвовать частью своих позиций 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
Russian state media. Its headline says the Pope asked Europe to give up part of its positions. We hold the headline only.
Who is asked to give ground: Europe is named as the party to concede — “Папа Римский призвал Европу ради мира пожертвовать частью своих позиций”
Who is asked: Europe — “призвал Европу ради мира пожертвовать частью своих позиций”
Read it at RIA Novosti → https://ria.ru/20260928/papa-2120739948.html
E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Папа Лев XIV закликав до поступок заради миру в Україні і застеріг Європу від "ілюзії переозброєння" 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 we hold in full. It carries the Pope's own words, which say "we" and name no party, and its body says he did not name Ukraine. Its headline still places the call in Ukraine.
Про це він заявив під час виступу перед європейськими лідерами в Меці, передає Reuters.У понеділок, 28 вересня, Папа Римський виступив у французькому Меці, де жив один із засновників Європейського Союзу Робер Шуман. Він заявив, що війна знову прийшла до Європи, хоча прямо Україну не назвав."Війна повернулася навіть до Європи: нова безглузда бійня, яка щодня забирає незліченні життя цивільних", — сказав понтифік.Лев XIV закликав шукати мир через переговори і послався на схожий заклик Папи Бенедикта XV, який той зробив у 1917 році, у розпал Першої світової війни."Нам потрібно виявити сміливість
What the Pope did not say: notes he did not name Ukraine — “хоча прямо Україну не назвав”
Outlet's own framing: the report adds its own description of Russia's policy beside the Pope's words — “агресивної політики Росії”
Headline versus body: the headline places the call in Ukraine; the body says the Pope did not name Ukraine — “Папа Лев XIV закликав до поступок заради миру в Україні”
How hard the claim is stated: says the Pope did not name Ukraine — “хоча прямо Україну не назвав”
Whose voice: the Pope quoted directly; he says 'we', not a named party — “Нам потрібно виявити сміливість у переговорах і бути готовими поступитися деякими позиціями заради вищого блага миру”
Who is named as acting: Russia named as acting in the background the report supplies — “на тлі тиску президента США Дональда Трампа та агресивної політики Росії”
Read it at Espreso TV → https://espreso.tv/svit-papa-lev-xiv-zaklikav-do-postupok-zaradi-miru-v…
C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Папа Лев XIV закликав сторони бути готовими до поступок заради миру на тлі війни РФ проти України 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 → —
Says the Pope asked "the parties to the talks" to concede and named neither Ukraine nor Russia. Its headline adds "Russia's war against Ukraine".
Папа Римський Лев XIV закликав учасників переговорів щодо припинення війни в Європі бути готовими поступитися частиною своїх позицій заради досягнення миру. Говорячи про війну, понтифік безпосередньо не назвав Україну чи Росію.
Who is asked to give ground: the parties to talks, with a note that the Pope named neither country — “закликав учасників переговорів щодо припинення війни в Європі бути готовими поступитися частиною своїх позицій”
Outlet's own framing: headline sets the call against 'the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine', which the Pope did not say — “на тлі війни РФ проти України”
Who is asked: the parties to the talks — “закликав учасників переговорів щодо припинення війни в Європі бути готовими поступитися частиною своїх позицій”
Read it at Censor.NET → https://censor.net/ua/news/4025619/papa-lev-xiv-zaklykav-do-postupok-za…
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 → 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 → U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → 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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