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Ukraine says Russia holds only a strip a few kilometres deep on the Sumy border. An unnamed Russian source tells TASS that Kyiv is sending Colombians to Kharkiv

Four reports came out within 23 minutes on 22 September. Three rest on Ukraine's military and describe small Russian infantry attacks on a front with no clear line. The fourth, from Russian state news agency TASS, rests on one unnamed defence source and is about foreign fighters. None of the four answers the others.

На Сумщині армія РФ утримує вузьку смугу вздовж кордону в зоні УОС, — Трегубов
На Сумщині армія РФ утримує вузьку смугу вздовж кордону в зоні УОС, — Трегубов as published by Suspilne · seen at Suspilne
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Ukraine's account. Viktor Trehubov speaks for Ukraine's Joint Forces. He told Suspilne that Russian troops have "dug in" on a strip a few kilometres deep along the Sumy border. He also said their plans to push 10–15 km into Ukraine were not carried out. Border guard spokesman Andrii Demchenko told Espreso TV that small Russian infantry groups keep attacking the edges of the Vilkhuvatka and Vovchansk communities in Kharkiv region. He said guards beat back four such attacks on Monday.

Russia's account. TASS cites an unnamed "Russian defense source". The source says Ukraine is moving Colombian mercenary groups to Kharkiv. TASS also gives a count of foreign fighters, which it credits to unnamed "defense agencies".

Ukraine's military (Suspilne, Espreso TV) Russian defence source (TASS)
Who is attacking Russian infantry, in small groups Not addressed
Ground A strip a few km deep in Sumy region Not addressed
Foreign fighters Not addressed 16,500, 7,000 of them Colombian
Source named? Yes, both spokesmen No
Losses "Heavy" Russian losses, no figure None given

From the front. A soldier from the 48th Brigade told Suspilne: "there is no front line as such."

What is not settled. No report we hold measures the strip independently. None confirms or rejects the Colombian redeployment. None says who made the headcount or how. Neither side gives a casualty number. No Russian report we hold describes the fighting on the ground.

What this is about. This story covers fighting along Ukraine's northern border with Russia, in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions. Russian troops are trying to hold or widen ground there.

How it got here. The war began in 2014. That year Russia annexed Crimea, and fighting broke out in the eastern Donbas region between Ukraine and forces backed by Moscow. In February 2022 Russia launched a full-scale invasion. Its columns crossed the northern border towards Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv. By spring 2022 Russian forces had withdrawn from the north around Kyiv, and a Ukrainian counter-offensive in September 2022 pushed them out of most of Kharkiv region. The northern border then became a zone of shelling and small raids. In May 2024 Russia opened a new cross-border push into Kharkiv region, towards Vovchansk. In August 2024 Ukraine sent troops into Russia's Kursk region. Fighting has since moved back onto the Ukrainian side of the border, including in Sumy region.

Who is involved. Ukraine's border guards and army brigades hold this line. Their spokesmen are the main source of Ukrainian reporting on it. Russia's defence ministry and state news agencies give Moscow's account. Foreigners have fought for Ukraine since 2022, many in its International Legion. Russian officials call them mercenaries. Ukraine calls them volunteers.

What is at stake. Ground taken here puts Russian artillery and drones closer to Kharkiv and Sumy, two large cities near the border. It also pulls Ukrainian troops away from the fighting further east. The claims about foreign fighters are part of Moscow's case that Ukraine relies on outsiders to fight.

Where it stands. On 22 September Ukrainian officials described small Russian infantry attacks on a front with no clear line. Moscow's account, as TASS carried it, said nothing about the ground and talked about who is fighting it.

What is being argued about

  • How deep Russian forces have got into Sumy region, and whether their push has stalled
  • Small Russian infantry attacks at Vilkhuvatka and Vovchansk in Kharkiv region
  • An unnamed Russian source's claim that Ukraine is moving Colombian fighters to Kharkiv
  • A front that one Ukrainian soldier says has no clear line
Four reports on one border, and who is speaking in eachSide by side
OutletWhat it saysWho says itNamed?
SuspilneRussia holds a strip a few km deep in Sumy region; its 10–15 km push did not happenViktor Trehubov, Joint Forces spokesmanYes
Espreso TVSmall Russian infantry groups attack at Vilkhuvatka and Vovchansk; four attacks beaten back on MondayAndrii Demchenko, border guard spokesmanYes
Suspilne"There is no front line as such"; Russian drone teams move into the grey zoneA soldier of the 48th BrigadeBrigade only
TASSUkraine is moving Colombian fighters to Kharkiv; 16,500 foreign fighters, 7,000 ColombianA "Russian defense source" and "defense agencies"No
Three reports rest on Ukraine's military and one on Russia's. No report takes up the claims made in the others.
Sources S Suspilne
Centre estimate · not a score
Suspilne 🇺🇦UA · public broadcaster · public-service На Сумщині армія РФ утримує вузьку смугу вздовж кордону в зоні УОС, — Трегубов Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Suspilne → 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 → E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Найгірша ситуація у Вільхуватській та Вовчанській громадах: речник ДПСУ розповів про прикордоння 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 → S Suspilne
Centre estimate · not a score
Suspilne 🇺🇦UA · public broadcaster · public-service «Як такої лінії фронту не існує»: військовий 48 ОАБр — про ситуацію на Південно-Слобожанському напрямку Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Suspilne → 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 → T TASS
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
TASS 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Ukraine redeploying Colombian mercenary groups to Kharkov — Russian defense source Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TASS → 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 →
What the reports say about the borderFacts optional section
  • Border guards beat back four Russian infantry attacks in the Vilkhuvatka and Vovchansk communities on Monday, according to their spokesman. espreso-tv →
  • Russian infantry attacks in Sumy region have eased, but attempts continue in the Yunakivka community and Shostka district, the border guards say. espreso-tv →
  • The border guards report no Russian infantry activity on the Chernihiv border, and no combat units forming on the Belarus border. espreso-tv →
  • Russia planned to push 10–15 km into Sumy region and did not, according to Ukraine's Joint Forces spokesman. Suspilne →
All of these are claims from Ukraine's military. We hold no Russian report on the same ground.
Sources E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Найгірша ситуація у Вільхуватській та Вовчанській громадах: речник ДПСУ розповів про прикордоння 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 → S Suspilne
Centre estimate · not a score
Suspilne 🇺🇦UA · public broadcaster · public-service На Сумщині армія РФ утримує вузьку смугу вздовж кордону в зоні УОС, — Трегубов Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Suspilne → 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

Named officials on one side, one unnamed source on the other

The three Ukrainian reports quote a named spokesman or a named brigade. The one Russian report rests on an unnamed defence source and unnamed agencies.

3 reports quoting named sources 1 reports on an unnamed source

Losses claimed, none counted

One report says the enemy is taking heavy losses. No report gives a casualty figure for either side.

4 reports on the border 0 give a casualty count
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources S Suspilne
Centre estimate · not a score
Suspilne 🇺🇦UA · public broadcaster · public-service На Сумщині армія РФ утримує вузьку смугу вздовж кордону в зоні УОС, — Трегубов Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Suspilne → 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 → E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Найгірша ситуація у Вільхуватській та Вовчанській громадах: речник ДПСУ розповів про прикордоння 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 → S Suspilne
Centre estimate · not a score
Suspilne 🇺🇦UA · public broadcaster · public-service «Як такої лінії фронту не існує»: військовий 48 ОАБр — про ситуацію на Південно-Слобожанському напрямку Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Suspilne → 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 → T TASS
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
TASS 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Ukraine redeploying Colombian mercenary groups to Kharkov — Russian defense source Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TASS → 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 →

Claims and verdicts

unverified Russian forces hold a strip a few kilometres deep along the Sumy border and have failed to push 10–15 km into Ukraine.
Suspilne carries this from Ukrainian military spokesman Viktor Trehubov. Espreso TV, quoting border guard spokesman Andrii Demchenko, says Russian infantry activity in Sumy region has dropped, which fits but does not measure the strip, and no Russian report we hold addresses it.
Checked against 2 sources:
S Suspilne
Centre estimate · not a score
Suspilne 🇺🇦UA · public broadcaster · public-service На Сумщині армія РФ утримує вузьку смугу вздовж кордону в зоні УОС, — Трегубов Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Suspilne → 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 → E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Найгірша ситуація у Вільхуватській та Вовчанській громадах: речник ДПСУ розповів про прикордоння 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 →
unverified Ukraine is moving Colombian mercenary groups to the Kharkiv area.
Only TASS, a state outlet, carries this, from an unnamed Russian defence source. None of the three Ukrainian reports we hold on the Kharkiv border mentions it.
Checked against 1 source:
T TASS
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
TASS 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Ukraine redeploying Colombian mercenary groups to Kharkov — Russian defense source Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TASS → 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 →
unverified Close to 16,500 foreign mercenaries serve in Ukraine's armed forces, 7,000 of them Colombian.
Only TASS gives these figures, attributed to unnamed 'defence agencies'. No other report we hold gives a count.
Checked against 1 source:
T TASS
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
TASS 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Ukraine redeploying Colombian mercenary groups to Kharkov — Russian defense source Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TASS → 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 →

Who wrote it

К Крістіна Члек Suspilne
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Claim about the other side's intent Russian plans to push 10–15 km deeper are stated through a Ukrainian official. No source for the plans is given.×1
Named source The Russian failure to advance is attributed to a named Ukrainian military spokesman×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 84 reports we hold under this byline, at Suspilne. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
Я Ярослава Наумова Espreso TV
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Label in reporter's voice The report calls Russian forces 'occupiers' in its own voice, not in a quote×1
Loaded noun in the outlet's voice 'Occupiers' is used in the report's own narration, not inside a quote.×1
Losses asserted, not counted The spokesman says the enemy is taking heavy losses and gives no number.×1
Losses uncounted Heavy enemy losses are asserted with no figure×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 48 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 →
А Анастасія Бурковська Suspilne
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Frontline voice A serving brigade soldier is quoted on the state of the front×1
Unnamed voice The front-line account comes from a soldier identified only by his brigade.×1
From 238 reports we hold under this byline, at Suspilne. 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

S Suspilne
Centre estimate · not a score
Suspilne 🇺🇦UA · public broadcaster · public-service На Сумщині армія РФ утримує вузьку смугу вздовж кордону в зоні УОС, — Трегубов Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Suspilne → 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 → — public-service
Trehubov puts Russian gains in Sumy region at a strip a few kilometres deep. He says a planned 10–15 km push did not happen.
Російська армія утримує вузьку смугу контролю в прикордонні Сумщини, що тягнеться майже вздовж усього кордону в зоні відповідальності Угруповання об'єднаних сил. Про це в ефірі «Суспільне Студія» розповів начальник управління комунікацій УОС Віктор Трегубов. За його словами, росіяни намагаються створити суцільну лінію контролю вздовж кордону з Україною, однак їм не вдається. Певної зони контролю в прикордонні противник домігся лише на трьох напрямках. Найбільша з них — на Вовчанському напрямку, куди армія РФ зайшла ранішеНаступ російських військ на півночі Харківської області, зокрема на Вовча
Named source: The Russian failure to advance is attributed to a named Ukrainian military spokesman — “плани просунутися на 10-15 км углиб території залишились нереалізованими”
Claim about the other side's intent: Russian plans to push 10–15 km deeper are stated through a Ukrainian official. No source for the plans is given. — “плани просунутися на 10-15 км углиб території залишились нереалізованими”
Read it at Suspilne → https://suspilne.media/sumy/1409692-na-sumsini-armia-rf-utrimue-vuzku-s…
E Espreso TV
Centre estimate · not a score
Espreso TV 🇺🇦UA · digital · Найгірша ситуація у Вільхуватській та Вовчанській громадах: речник ДПСУ розповів про прикордоння 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 border guards' spokesman names the hardest-hit places, Vilkhuvatka and Vovchansk. He says four attacks were beaten back on Monday, and that attacks in Sumy region have eased. He also says relays in Belarus are
Про це розповів речник Державної прикордонної служби Андрій Демченко в етері Громадського радіо.Він наголосив, що кордон з Росією — це загалом зона бойових дій. Просто десь вони активні, а десь їх немає. Крім того, окупанти постійно обстрілюють прикордоння. Це стосується Харківської, Сумської та Чернігівської областей.Якщо говорити про спроби росіян розширити свою зону контролю, використовуючи піхотні групи, то найактивніше їх фіксують на Харківщині, на межах Вільхуватської та Вовчанської громад."Вже довгий час противник намагається інфільтруватися й атакувати позиції, які утримують прикордонн
Label in reporter's voice: The report calls Russian forces 'occupiers' in its own voice, not in a quote — “окупанти постійно обстрілюють прикордоння”
Losses uncounted: Heavy enemy losses are asserted with no figure — “ворог зазнає великих втрат”
Loaded noun in the outlet's voice: 'Occupiers' is used in the report's own narration, not inside a quote. — “окупанти постійно обстрілюють прикордоння”
Losses asserted, not counted: The spokesman says the enemy is taking heavy losses and gives no number. — “ворог зазнає великих втрат”
Read it at Espreso TV → https://espreso.tv/kharkivschyna-naygirsha-situatsiya-u-vilkhuvatskiy-t…
T TASS
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
TASS 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Ukraine redeploying Colombian mercenary groups to Kharkov — Russian defense source Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TASS → 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 → — state-controlled
The only Russian report we hold. An unnamed defence source says Colombian fighters are being moved to Kharkiv and gives a count of 16,500 foreign fighters, 7,000 of them Colombian. The report does not say who counted.
MOSCOW, September 22. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces continue to redeploy Colombian mercenaries to Kharkov, where Army Commander-in-Chief Mikhail Drapaty has also arrived, a source in Russia’s defense circles told TASS. "The Ukrainian army’s Commander-in-Chief Drapaty has gone to Kharkov to discuss the current situation with the forces’ commanders. Colombian mercenaries also continue to be sent to the city," the source said. Earlier, defense sources reported that a group of foreign mercenaries near the Dolzhanka settlement in the Kharkov Region intended to surrender to Russian forces, but
Unnamed source: The headline claim rests on one unnamed Russian defence source — “Ukraine redeploying Colombian mercenary groups to Kharkov — Russian defense source”
Figure without a named counter: Troop figures are credited to unnamed 'defense agencies' — “According to defense agencies, the number of foreign mercenaries in the Ukrainian armed forces is approaching 16,500, including 7,000 Colombians”
Headline stated flat, source unnamed: The headline states the redeployment as fact and credits it only to an unnamed defence source. It uses the Russian spelling of the city. — “Ukraine redeploying Colombian mercenary groups to Kharkov”
Unsourced figure: The mercenary count is credited to unnamed 'defense agencies'. The report does not say who counted. — “approaching 16,500, including 7,000 Colombians”
Read it at TASS → https://tass.com/politics/2191177
S Suspilne
Centre estimate · not a score
Suspilne 🇺🇦UA · public broadcaster · public-service «Як такої лінії фронту не існує»: військовий 48 ОАБр — про ситуацію на Південно-Слобожанському напрямку Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Suspilne → 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 → — public-service
A 48th Brigade soldier says there is no front line as such. He says Russia is moving drone teams into the grey zone and trying to get behind Ukrainian positions.
Аудіоверсія Аудіоверсія матеріалу x1 0:00 / 0:00 Згенеровано з допомогою ШІ x1 0:00 / 0:00 На Південно-Слобожанському напрямку російські військові висувають точки запуску FPV-дронів у сіру зону, а на лінії зіткнення утворюється «шаховий порядок» через обхід українських позицій. Про це в етері Суспільне Студія 22 вересня розповів начальник відділення комунікацій 48-ї окремої артилерійської бригади Богдан Петренко. Російські військові почали висувати позиції для запуску FPV-дронів ближче до лінії зіткнення, щоб збільшити радіус дії безпілотників, каже Петренко. Обирайте Суспільне як джерело нови
Frontline voice: A serving brigade soldier is quoted on the state of the front — “Як такої лінії фронту не існує”
Unnamed voice: The front-line account comes from a soldier identified only by his brigade. — “військовий 48 ОАБр”
Read it at Suspilne → https://suspilne.media/kharkiv/1409666-ak-takoi-linii-frontu-ne-isnue-v…
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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 → 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 →
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