RT says Ukraine conscripted an Israeli pilgrim; Ukraine's border service says he was wanted and handed to police
One man, one crossing home from Uman after Rosh Hashanah. Three reports, published within 40 minutes, disagree on whether the Ukrainian state drafted him or arrested him — and on what to call him.
One man, one crossing. A traveller going home to Israel after Rosh Hashanah in Uman was stopped at the Ukrainian-Romanian border. Three reports, published within 40 minutes on 23 September, disagree on what the Ukrainian state did to him.
RT states it flat, then attributes it. The headline says Ukraine conscripts an Israeli settler on the pilgrimage; the body says a dual Ukrainian-Israeli citizen "was enlisted after traveling to Uman for a religious pilgrimage, according to media reports".
Two Ukrainian reports carry a denial. Espreso TV and Obozrevatel relay the State Border Guard Service.
| RT | Espreso TV and Obozrevatel | |
|---|---|---|
| What happened | Ukraine conscripted him | he was listed as wanted and passed to the National Police |
| At crossings | not addressed | the service says guards run no mobilisation and do not check foreigners against the military register |
| Who he is | "Israeli settler"; a dual citizen in the body | a 49-year-old Hasid born in Ukraine, six children per Israeli media |
| Hedged | no hedge in the headline | "нібито" — allegedly — on the conscription version only |
The service told Espreso TV that the online account of a foreigner mobilised at the crossing "не відповідає дійсності" — does not correspond to reality.
Not settled. No report shows the man in uniform or in a unit. The wanted listing rests on one statement, carried twice, with no police or court record behind it. None of the three carries a word from him, his family or a lawyer.
This is an argument about what Ukrainian border guards did to one traveller at a crossing into Romania as he went home from a religious pilgrimage.
How it got here. Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022; the war in the east began in 2014. Ukraine has been under martial law and general mobilisation since 2022: men of military age are held on a military register, and leaving the country is restricted. Ukrainian airspace has been closed to civilian flights throughout, so anyone going to Ukraine travels overland, through Poland, Moldova or Romania, and leaves the same way. Uman, in central Ukraine, is the burial place of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, and Hasidic pilgrims — many of them from Israel — travel there each year for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. They have kept coming through the war. Every one of them crosses a land border in both directions, which is where this story happens.
Who is in it. The State Border Guard Service staffs the crossings and decides who is processed and who is passed on; the National Police take people who are wanted. RT is the Russian state's international broadcaster, reporting a country its own government is at war with, and Ukrainian mobilisation is a standing subject of its output. Espreso TV and Obozrevatel are Ukrainian.
What turns on it. The hinge is citizenship. Ukraine treats anyone who holds its citizenship as a Ukrainian, whatever second passport they carry. As a foreigner, the man is outside the draft entirely. As a Ukrainian citizen, he is on the register like any other man of his age — and the question stops being whether a state seized a foreign pilgrim and becomes whether a citizen was stopped on a warrant.
Where it stands. All three reports appeared inside an hour on 23 September. Not one of them says what happened to him after the police took him.
What is being argued about
- Whether Ukrainian border guards conscripted a pilgrim at the Romanian border, or handed a wanted man to the police
- What a second passport does and does not do at a Ukrainian crossing
- The words three reports choose for the same traveller: settler, dual citizen, Hasid
- How far a single official statement can carry a fact nobody else has checked
Three reports, one border stopSide by side
| Report | What it says happened | What it calls the man | Hedged? |
|---|---|---|---|
| RT (Russian state broadcaster) | "Ukraine conscripts Israeli settler on Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage"; the body says he "was enlisted after traveling to Uman for a religious pilgrimage" | "Israeli settler" in the headline, "a dual Ukrainian-Israeli citizen" in the body | No hedge in the headline; the body adds "according to media reports" |
| Espreso TV (Ukraine) | Guards run no mobilisation at crossings and do not check foreigners against the military register; processing showed he held Ukrainian citizenship and was listed as wanted, so he was passed to the National Police | a 49-year-old Hasid returning to Israel after Rosh Hashanah in Uman | Yes — "нібито" (allegedly) on the conscription version; the border service's own account is stated flat |
| Obozrevatel (Ukraine) | "In Israel they said Hasidim were 'mobilised' at the border with Ukraine"; the body is one line — the man was handed to representatives of the National Police of Ukraine | Hasidim, in the plural, in the headline | Yes — quotation marks around "mobilisation" in the headline |
Quotes are from the reports themselves; translations from the Ukrainian and Russian are ours.
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Ukraine conscripts Israeli settler on Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage – media
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What we have measured
A detail only one report carries gives the deadline put on the ambassador, which no other report we hold mentions ×1Attribution the figure is attributed to a named official ×1Headline against body headline says killed; the body says a traffic incident ×1Headline asserts what the body attributes headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media ×1
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Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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Obozrevatel
В Израиле заявили о «мобилизации» хасидов на границе с Украиной: ГПСУ объяснила, что произошло
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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What we have measured
A detail only one report carries gives the deadline put on the ambassador, which no other report we hold mentions ×1Attribution the figure is attributed to a named official ×1Headline against body headline says killed; the body says a traffic incident ×1Headline asserts what the body attributes headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media ×1
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Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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В Израиле заявили о «мобилизации» хасидов на границе с Украиной: ГПСУ объяснила, что произошло
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Forty minutes on 23 SeptemberTimeline
- Wed 23 Sep 202613:03 published time on the report Obozrevatel puts the mobilisation claim in quotation marks, attributes it to Israel, and carries the border service's explanation"The man was handed to representatives of the National Police of Ukraine"
- Wed 23 Sep 202613:40 published time on the report Espreso TV carries the border service saying the account circulating online is untrue, and names the man's age, birthplace and family"does not correspond to reality"
- Wed 23 Sep 202613:43 published time on the report RT states the conscription in the headline and sources it to media in the body"Ukraine conscripts Israeli settler on Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage – media"
Publication times as printed on each report, in UTC.
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В Израиле заявили о «мобилизации» хасидов на границе с Украиной: ГПСУ объяснила, что произошло
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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What we have measured
A detail only one report carries gives the deadline put on the ambassador, which no other report we hold mentions ×1Attribution the figure is attributed to a named official ×1Headline against body headline says killed; the body says a traffic incident ×1Headline asserts what the body attributes headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media ×1
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В Израиле заявили о «мобилизации» хасидов на границе с Украиной: ГПСУ объяснила, что произошло
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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What we have measured
A detail only one report carries gives the deadline put on the ambassador, which no other report we hold mentions ×1Attribution the figure is attributed to a named official ×1Headline against body headline says killed; the body says a traffic incident ×1Headline asserts what the body attributes headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media ×1
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The bias in this coverageBias
One border stop, two verbs
One report says a state conscripted a pilgrim; two say border guards found an outstanding search record on a man who turned out to hold Ukrainian citizenship and passed him to police. Only the border service's own account explains what the guards check and do not check at a crossing. No report we hold carries the man himself, his family or a lawyer.
1 reports calling it conscription
2 reports carrying the border service's denial
1 reports naming the man's age or family
0 reports quoting the man or anyone acting for him
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
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What we have measured
A detail only one report carries gives the deadline put on the ambassador, which no other report we hold mentions ×1Attribution the figure is attributed to a named official ×1Headline against body headline says killed; the body says a traffic incident ×1Headline asserts what the body attributes headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media ×1
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Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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Obozrevatel
В Израиле заявили о «мобилизации» хасидов на границе с Украиной: ГПСУ объяснила, что произошло
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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RT
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Ukraine conscripts Israeli settler on Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage – media
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What we have measured
A detail only one report carries gives the deadline put on the ambassador, which no other report we hold mentions ×1Attribution the figure is attributed to a named official ×1Headline against body headline says killed; the body says a traffic incident ×1Headline asserts what the body attributes headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media ×1
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Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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В Израиле заявили о «мобилизации» хасидов на границе с Украиной: ГПСУ объяснила, что произошло
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Claims and verdicts
disputed
Ukrainian border guards mobilised an Israeli citizen into the army at the Ukrainian-Romanian border as he returned from the Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage in Uman.
RT carries the conscription account, sourced to media reports; Espreso TV and Obozrevatel carry the State Border Guard Service saying it does not check foreigners' military registration or run mobilisation at crossings and that the mobilisation claim circulating online is untrue. No report we hold shows the man in uniform or in a unit.
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Ukraine conscripts Israeli settler on Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage – media
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What we have measured
A detail only one report carries gives the deadline put on the ambassador, which no other report we hold mentions ×1Attribution the figure is attributed to a named official ×1Headline against body headline says killed; the body says a traffic incident ×1Headline asserts what the body attributes headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media ×1
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Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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Obozrevatel
В Израиле заявили о «мобилизации» хасидов на границе с Украиной: ГПСУ объяснила, что произошло
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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RT
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Ukraine conscripts Israeli settler on Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage – media
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What we have measured
A detail only one report carries gives the deadline put on the ambassador, which no other report we hold mentions ×1Attribution the figure is attributed to a named official ×1Headline against body headline says killed; the body says a traffic incident ×1Headline asserts what the body attributes headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media ×1
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Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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В Израиле заявили о «мобилизации» хасидов на границе с Украиной: ГПСУ объяснила, что произошло
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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true
The man holds Ukrainian citizenship as well as Israeli citizenship.
RT describes him as a dual Ukrainian-Israeli citizen, and Espreso TV reports the border service established during processing that he holds Ukrainian citizenship. The two rest on different sources — Israeli media and the border service — and none of the reports we hold contradicts it.
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What we have measured
A detail only one report carries gives the deadline put on the ambassador, which no other report we hold mentions ×1Attribution the figure is attributed to a named official ×1Headline against body headline says killed; the body says a traffic incident ×1Headline asserts what the body attributes headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media ×1
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Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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RT
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Ukraine conscripts Israeli settler on Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage – media
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What we have measured
A detail only one report carries gives the deadline put on the ambassador, which no other report we hold mentions ×1Attribution the figure is attributed to a named official ×1Headline against body headline says killed; the body says a traffic incident ×1Headline asserts what the body attributes headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media ×1
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Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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unverified
He was listed as wanted in Ukraine's military registration records and was handed to the National Police for further checks.
Espreso TV carries both halves and Obozrevatel carries the handover, but both attribute it to the same State Border Guard Service statement, which is one account. No police or court record in the reports we hold confirms the wanted listing.
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Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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В Израиле заявили о «мобилизации» хасидов на границе с Украиной: ГПСУ объяснила, что произошло
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Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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Russia Today
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What the bias passes found in their reporting
A detail only one report carries
gives the deadline put on the ambassador, which no other report we hold mentions×1
Attribution
the figure is attributed to a named official×1
Headline against body
headline says killed; the body says a traffic incident×1
Headline asserts what the body attributes
headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 misleading1 disputed4 unverified4 true
From 1424 reports we hold under this byline, at
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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.
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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
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RT
Ukraine conscripts Israeli settler on Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage – media
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A detail only one report carries gives the deadline put on the ambassador, which no other report we hold mentions ×1Attribution the figure is attributed to a named official ×1Headline against body headline says killed; the body says a traffic incident ×1Headline asserts what the body attributes headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media ×1
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TV/radio · state-controlled
Ukraine conscripts Israeli settler on Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage – media
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What we have measured
A detail only one report carries gives the deadline put on the ambassador, which no other report we hold mentions ×1Attribution the figure is attributed to a named official ×1Headline against body headline says killed; the body says a traffic incident ×1Headline asserts what the body attributes headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media ×1
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— state-controlledThe only report that states the conscription as a thing that happened — in the headline, with the sourcing moved behind a dash to the word "media" — and the only one that calls the man a settler.
The resident of the ultra-Orthodox Beiter Illit settlement was among thousands of Hasidic Jews who traveled to Uman in Ukraine to mark the Jewish New Year and visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, who founded the Breslov Hasidic movement more than two centuries ago. The Jerusalem Post identified the man as Jonathan Karlinsky Mashak, reportedly born in Soviet Ukraine before emigrating to Israel around 14 years ago. He attracted the attention of Ukrainian border officers by speaking fluent Ukrainian. The border service confirmed on Wednesday that it had detained an Israeli citizen as he w
Headline asserts what the body attributes: headline states conscription as done and names Ukraine as the actor; the sourcing is a dash and the word media — “Ukraine conscripts Israeli settler on Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage – media”
Who is named as acting: in the body the verb loses its actor and the man is described by residence rather than by the pilgrimage — “A dual Ukrainian-Israeli citizen was enlisted after traveling to Uman for a religious pilgrimage, according to media reports”
Headline claims what the body attributes: headline states conscription as fact; sourcing is deferred to the dash and the body — “Ukraine conscripts Israeli settler on Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage – media”
Word chosen for the person: headline calls him a settler; the body calls him a dual citizen on a pilgrimage — “A dual Ukrainian-Israeli citizen was enlisted after traveling to Uman for a religious pilgrimage, according to media reports”
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Espreso TV
Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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Хасида, якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана, передали поліції: у ДПСУ пояснили ситуацію
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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
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— The fullest account of the border service's version: that guards do not check foreigners against Ukraine's military register and hold no mobilisation at crossings, that processing showed the man to hold Ukrainian
Про це розповіли в ДПСУ.Деталі про затримання хасидаУ Держприкордонслужбі наголосили, що іноземних громадян під час перетину кордону не перевіряють щодо перебування на військовому обліку в Україні. Крім того, прикордонники не проводять мобілізаційних заходів у пунктах пропуску.Водночас під час прикордонного оформлення стало відомо, що чоловік має українське громадянство. У відповідних обліках військовозобов'язаних була інформація про його перебування в розшуку.Відповідно до визначених процедур прикордонники передали чоловіка представникам Національної поліції для подальшої перевірки.У ДПСУ заз
Hedged in the headline: the mobilisation claim carries a hedge particle and the verified action is the handover to police — “якого нібито мобілізували на кордоні після Рош га-Шана”
Official denial carried: the only report that carries the border service saying the mobilisation account is untrue — “У ДПСУ зазначили, що інформація про мобілізацію іноземного громадянина безпосередньо в пункті пропуску, яку поширювали у мережі, не відповідає дійсності.”
The person is given an identity: age, birthplace, two citizenships and six children; the other two reports give none of it — “чоловік народився в Україні та близько 14 років тому виїхав до Ізраїлю. Він має громадянство Ізраїлю та шістьох дітей.”
Whose account frames the piece: the border service is the only voice, and its denial is the structure of the report — “Про це розповіли в ДПСУ.”
Hedge placed on one claim only: the conscription version is hedged; the official version is stated flat — “нібито затримали на українсько-румунському кордоні та мобілізували до української армії”
The person is described, never quoted: his biography is relayed from other media; no word from him or his family — “За даними ізраїльських медіа, чоловік народився в Україні та близько 14 років тому виїхав до Ізраїлю.”
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В Израиле заявили о «мобилизации» хасидов на границе с Украиной: ГПСУ объяснила, что произошло
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Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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В Израиле заявили о «мобилизации» хасидов на границе с Украиной: ГПСУ объяснила, что произошло
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What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'occupiers' and gives 12 hurt, with no one cited as counting ×1Actor named no attacker named; the drone 'hit near' the building ×1Actor named No actor is named, and the headline puts the hit near the building rather than on it. ×1Actors left vague the neighbouring countries are not named ×1
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— Frames the whole thing as a claim made in Israel and explained by the border service; its body carries only the handover to the National Police, with no account of why he was stopped.
Израильские СМИ распространили информацию о якобы мобилизации гражданина Израиля на украинской границе после его возвращения с празднования Рош га-Шана в Умани. На самом деле у мужчины также есть украинское гражданство, а во время проверки выяснилось, что он находится в розыске как военнообязанный. Об этом сообщили The Jerusalem Post и Государственная пограничная служба Украины, а пресс-секретарь ГПСУ Андрей Демченко объяснил обстоятельства инцидента в комментарии СМИ. По его словам, пограничники не мобилизовали мужчину, а передали его представителям Национальной полиции Украины в соответствии
Who is named as acting: a one-line lede with no actor for the handover and no account of why the man was stopped — “Мужчину передали представителям Национальной полиции Украины”
Body carries only the official half: the entire body is the handover to police; the allegation survives only in quotation marks in the headline — “Мужчину передали представителям Национальной полиции Украины”
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Meduza
Centre
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Meduza
🇱🇻LV ·
digital · exile
What we have measured
Agenda given without a verdict the only report that lists what was discussed and stops there ×1Asserted versus attributed figure attributed to the leaders' own declaration ×1Attribution the release is sourced to the leaders' joint declaration ×1Attribution inside the sentence the whole account marked as one leader's telling ×1
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RIA Novosti
State / loyalist
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RIA Novosti
🇷🇺RU ·
state agency · state-controlled
What we have measured
Actor named no attacker named; the channels only 'said' there were failures ×1Actor named the outage is reported with no actor named ×1Actor named 'the West' is named as acting, attributed to the foreign ministry spokeswoman ×1Actor named headline names Ukraine's armed forces as the attacker ×1
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The Moscow Times
Centre
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The Moscow Times
🇳🇱NL ·
newspaper · exile
What we have measured
Asserted vs attributed Repeats a two-sided deal on one side's word; the second party's silence is not mentioned. ×1Asserted vs attributed headline states the nuclear warning flat, with no source ×1Attributed justification Russia's justification is carried in quotation marks and attributed. No Ukrainian response is given. ×1Attribution Attributes the threat to Moscow and repeats the ministry's list of targets unchallenged. ×1
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Suspilne
Centre
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Suspilne
🇺🇦UA ·
public broadcaster · public-service
What we have measured
Actor label Names the attacker as 'the Russian army' and gives the date ×1Actor label The Russian side is called 'occupiers' in the headline. ×1Actor named The sentence is given by 'occupiers', so the actor is named and labelled. ×1Actor named hurt aged On the other side of the Dnipro, the Russian drone is named as the actor and the wounded man is given an age, not a name. The vote is called 'pseudo-elections' in the report's own voice. ×1
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Ukrainska Pravda
Centre
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Ukrainska Pravda
🇺🇦UA ·
digital · independent
What we have measured
Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1
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Interfax
Centre
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Interfax
🇷🇺RU ·
digital ·
What we have measured
A checkable claim passed on unchecked relays the president's statistic about world cities in quotation marks with no check and no counter-voice ×1A denial carried as characterisation press reports are labelled planted, and the label is passed on in the report's own voice ×1Anonymous source The meetings are sourced to unnamed people familiar with the situation. ×1Anyone hurt named or counted injuries described in clinical detail; the man is never named ×1
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Ukrinform
State / loyalist
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Ukrinform
🇺🇦UA ·
digital · state-controlled
What we have measured
Actor named names the occupying force ×1Actor named Names the occupying force but not what residents are fleeing from ×1Actor named No actor is named. The drone is not attributed to anyone. ×1Actor named Names the attacker and what was damaged, and states the halt flat without naming a source. ×1
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Mediazona
Centre
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Mediazona
🇷🇺RU ·
digital · independent
What we have measured
Actor named the Russian army is named as the actor, in active voice ×1A running total, and a collective actor 'two more' implies earlier removals, and the courts act as a plural with no case or plaintiff named ×1Harm counted The only report that counts people hurt, with a floor rather than a figure ×1Harm counted the only report that counts people hurt ×1
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Novaya Gazeta Europe
Centre
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Novaya Gazeta Europe
🇱🇻LV ·
newspaper · exile
What we have measured
Actor named Names Russia as the actor in the headline and in the first line. ×1Anonymous source asserts The report's strongest claim, that results were falsified across most regions, comes from a source it does not name ×1Anonymous sourcing Everything rests on a foreign newspaper citing two unnamed diplomats. ×1A party's label carried inside a quote, unmarked the Kremlin spokesman's phrase for the Ukrainian government is reproduced without a note ×1
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TASS
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TASS
🇷🇺RU ·
state agency · state-controlled
What we have measured
Accusation carried by a verb of fact 'Noted' presents a Russian diplomat's accusation of terror as an observation. Kyiv gives no response anywhere in the text. ×1Accusation carried unhedged a charge of terror against civilians is introduced with 'noted', which treats it as fact, and nobody answers it ×1Actor named Ukrainian forces are named as acting, in the report's own voice ×1Actor named Names 'the Western community' as the actor, in Putin's words ×1
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