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Ukrainian outlets say Trump would ease sanctions for "political prisoners"; Regnum and Vedomosti say just "prisoners"

Six reports describe a plan from Trump's envoy John Coale to ease sanctions on Russia in return for prisoner releases. All six rest on one article in The Atlantic. They disagree on who the prisoners are and on how firmly Trump signed on. We could not read The Atlantic's article.

Trump backs strategy to ease Russia sanctions in exchange for release of political prisoners
Trump backs strategy to ease Russia sanctions in exchange for release of political prisoners as published by Ukrainska Pravda · seen at Ukrainska Pravda
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The claim. On 29 September The Atlantic reported that Donald Trump backed a plan by his envoy John Coale. The plan: ease US sanctions on Russia in exchange for prisoner releases. Every report we hold cites that magazine. None carries a word from the White House or the Kremlin.

Who is freed. The Ukrainian and Russian outlets use different words for the same people.

Outlet Who is freed What Trump did
Ukrainska Pravda (English) "political prisoners" "backed"
Ukrainska Pravda (Ukrainian) "політв'язнів" (political prisoners) "підтримав" (backed)
Censor.NET "цивільних політичних в'язнів" (civilian political prisoners) "погодився" (agreed)
Regnum "заключенных" (prisoners) "поддержал" (backed)
Vedomosti "заключенных" (prisoners) "согласился на ослабление" (agreed to easing)
RIA Novosti not in its headline "намерен улучшить отношения с Москвой" (intends to improve relations with Moscow)

What is traded. Censor.NET says sanctions relief and restored economic ties. Ukrainska Pravda's Ukrainian report says "economic cooperation". Vedomosti says only that easing is "connected with" the releases.

Belarus. Only Regnum calls Coale Trump's envoy for Belarus. Only Regnum says he made the proposal several months ago.

Not settled. - Whether Trump agreed to anything. No report we hold has confirmation. - Whose prisoners: Russians jailed for dissent, foreigners, or Ukrainian civilians held by Russia. No report says. - What The Atlantic itself wrote. We could not read it, so we cannot say which wording is the magazine's.

What this is about. A US magazine reports that President Trump may offer Russia lighter sanctions in return for the release of prisoners.

How it got here. In 2014 Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine and backed armed separatists in Ukraine's east. The United States and the European Union answered with sanctions. In February 2022 Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions then grew into the widest ever placed on a major economy. They cover banks, oil exports, technology, and the reserves Russia's central bank holds abroad. Western governments have tied lifting them to the war: to Russia stopping it and leaving Ukraine.

Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025 promising to end the war. His administration opened direct talks with Moscow that year.

The actors. - Donald Trump, US president. Much of the US sanctions regime can be eased by executive decision. - John Coale, a Trump envoy. Regnum, citing The Atlantic, calls him the envoy for Belarus. In 2025 US envoys struck deals with Belarus: Minsk freed prisoners and Washington eased some sanctions on it. - Russia, which holds people jailed for dissent, foreign nationals, and Ukrainian civilians taken during the war. - Ukraine, whose leverage rests partly on sanctions pressure staying on Moscow.

What is at stake. If the reporting is right, sanctions relief would be tied to prisoner releases, not to the war. That would change what the sanctions are for. The word used for the prisoners matters too. "Political prisoners" reads as a human-rights trade. "Prisoners" could mean a swap.

Where it stands. There is one magazine article, retold by six reports on 29 September. None of the reports we hold carries official confirmation.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Whether the people to be freed are "political prisoners" or simply "prisoners"
  • Whether Trump "backed" the plan, "agreed" to it, or neither
  • Whether sanctions relief would be tied to prisoner releases instead of to the war
  • Why Russia's state news agency headlined it as better relations with Moscow
"Political prisoners" or "prisoners"Chart
Two of the three "political prisoners" reports are from one outlet, Ukrainska Pravda. RIA Novosti is counted from its headline alone.
Sources U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Trump backs strategy to ease Russia sanctions in exchange for release of political prisoners Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → What we have measured Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1 from 7025 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Трамп підтримав нову стратегію щодо РФ: послаблення санкцій в обмін на звільнення політв’язнів – ЗМІ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → What we have measured Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1 from 7025 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Трамп погодився послаблювати санкції проти РФ в обмін на звільнення політв’язнів, - The Atlantic Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → What we have measured Actor label Names the attacker as 'Russian occupation forces' ×1Actor label 'Occupiers' in the headline; 'Russian troops' in the body ×1Actor label The attacker is called 'the enemy', not named. ×1Actor label Calls the Russian president a dictator in the report's own voice. ×1 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R Regnum
Right estimate · not a score
Regnum 🇷🇺RU · digital · The Atlantic: Трамп поддержал смягчение санкций против РФ в обмен на заключенных Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Regnum → What we have measured Actor label Calls Ukraine's president the head of a regime in the report's own voice. ×1Actor named names Ukraine's forces as the attacker of the town ×1Actor named Ukraine's armed forces are named outright as the side attacking the town ×1Actor named Names the organiser and says he is under arrest ×1 from 11156 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → V Vedomosti
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Vedomosti 🇷🇺RU · digital · The Atlantic: Трамп согласился на ослабление санкций против РФ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Vedomosti → What we have measured Actor named names Russia as the state actor, not the company, and frames it neutrally ×1Asserted vs attributed the headline attributes the attacks to Novak ×1Asserted vs attributed Attributes the attack count to Novak in the headline. ×1Attribution figure stated flat with no source named, and tied to 2027 ×1 from 6447 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 Трамп намерен улучшить отношения с Москвой, пишут СМИ 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

'Political prisoners' or 'prisoners'

Three reports call the people to be released political prisoners. Two drop the word 'political', and one leaves both sanctions and prisoners out of its headline. Only one report gives the envoy's Belarus brief, which says whose prisoners are meant.

3 reports saying 'political prisoners' 2 reports saying only 'prisoners' 1 reports framing it as better ties with Moscow 1 reports giving the envoy's Belarus brief
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Trump backs strategy to ease Russia sanctions in exchange for release of political prisoners Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → What we have measured Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1 from 7025 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Трамп підтримав нову стратегію щодо РФ: послаблення санкцій в обмін на звільнення політв’язнів – ЗМІ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → What we have measured Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1 from 7025 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Трамп погодився послаблювати санкції проти РФ в обмін на звільнення політв’язнів, - The Atlantic Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → What we have measured Actor label Names the attacker as 'Russian occupation forces' ×1Actor label 'Occupiers' in the headline; 'Russian troops' in the body ×1Actor label The attacker is called 'the enemy', not named. ×1Actor label Calls the Russian president a dictator in the report's own voice. ×1 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R Regnum
Right estimate · not a score
Regnum 🇷🇺RU · digital · The Atlantic: Трамп поддержал смягчение санкций против РФ в обмен на заключенных Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Regnum → What we have measured Actor label Calls Ukraine's president the head of a regime in the report's own voice. ×1Actor named names Ukraine's forces as the attacker of the town ×1Actor named Ukraine's armed forces are named outright as the side attacking the town ×1Actor named Names the organiser and says he is under arrest ×1 from 11156 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → V Vedomosti
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Vedomosti 🇷🇺RU · digital · The Atlantic: Трамп согласился на ослабление санкций против РФ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Vedomosti → What we have measured Actor named names Russia as the state actor, not the company, and frames it neutrally ×1Asserted vs attributed the headline attributes the attacks to Novak ×1Asserted vs attributed Attributes the attack count to Novak in the headline. ×1Attribution figure stated flat with no source named, and tied to 2027 ×1 from 6447 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 Трамп намерен улучшить отношения с Москвой, пишут СМИ 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

No claims registered.

Who wrote it

І Ірина Кутєлєва Ukrainska Pravda
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid.×1
Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them×1
Attributed measured The Council of Europe commissioner is named and attributed, and describes shortages, not famine.×1
Headline wording the headline drops 'more than' and states the figure flat×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 misleading4 unverified2 true
From 228 reports we hold under this byline, at Ukrainska Pravda. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
С Станіслав Погорілов Ukrainska Pravda
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Document status headline says the threat was official, attributed only to unnamed media×1
Headline certainty The headline says 'officially'. The only sourcing is 'media', and none of the other three reports we hold calls the note official.×1
Headline choice From the same interview, this headline leads on reassurance at home rather than the warning of hunger abroad×1
No actor named the body gives the drone attacks no attacker; only the headline names a Russian threat×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed2 unverified1 true
From 291 reports we hold under this byline, at Ukrainska Pravda. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
I Iryna Kutielieva Ukrainska Pravda
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Measure chosen The report names the people to be released as political prisoners.×1
Word choice 'political prisoners'×1
From 97 reports we hold under this byline, at Ukrainska Pravda. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Stanislav Pohorilov Ukrainska Pravda
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Measure chosen The report names the people to be released as political prisoners.×1
Word choice 'political prisoners'×1
From 206 reports we hold under this byline, at Ukrainska Pravda. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
Т Татьяна Мозолевская Vedomosti
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Evaluative adopted 'Constructive' is carried in the headline and Ukraine is given as the subject. The verdict is credited to another agency, not to any participant.×1
Measure chosen 'Political' is dropped here too, and the link is stated vaguely as 'connected with'.×1
Place label 'the authorities of Crimea', with no mention of occupation×1
Place label The Russian-installed administration is called 'the Crimean authorities', with no mention of occupation.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified
From 533 reports we hold under this byline, at Vedomosti. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 3 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

R RIA Novosti
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
RIA Novosti 🇷🇺RU · state agency · state-controlled Трамп намерен улучшить отношения с Москвой, пишут СМИ 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
Russia's state news agency headlines it as Trump intending to "improve relations with Moscow", with no mention of sanctions or prisoners. We hold only its headline.
Frame: The headline presents the story as Trump improving relations with Moscow. Sanctions and prisoners are not mentioned. — “Трамп намерен улучшить отношения с Москвой, пишут СМИ”
Omission: the headline drops both prisoners and sanctions and speaks only of relations — “Трамп намерен улучшить отношения с Москвой, пишут СМИ”
Read it at RIA Novosti → https://ria.ru/20260929/tramp-2121010343.html
C Censor.NET
Right estimate · not a score
Censor.NET 🇺🇦UA · digital · Трамп погодився послаблювати санкції проти РФ в обмін на звільнення політв’язнів, - The Atlantic Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Censor.NET → What we have measured Actor label Names the attacker as 'Russian occupation forces' ×1Actor label 'Occupiers' in the headline; 'Russian troops' in the body ×1Actor label The attacker is called 'the enemy', not named. ×1Actor label Calls the Russian president a dictator in the report's own voice. ×1 from 7923 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The narrowest wording, "civilian political prisoners", and the firmest verb: Trump "agreed". Adds restored economic ties with Moscow.
Спецпредставник президента США Джон Коул запропонував Дональду Трампу нову стратегію щодо Росії: домагатися звільнення цивільних політичних в'язнів в обмін на послаблення американських санкцій та відновлення економічних зв'язків із Москвою.
Measure chosen: The report narrows it further to 'civilian political prisoners'. — “домагатися звільнення цивільних політичних в'язнів”
Word choice: 'civilian political prisoners', the narrowest wording — “домагатися звільнення цивільних політичних в'язнів”
Read it at Censor.NET → https://censor.net/ua/news/4025809/ssha-rozglyadayut-poslablennya-sankt…
U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Трамп підтримав нову стратегію щодо РФ: послаблення санкцій в обмін на звільнення політв’язнів – ЗМІ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → What we have measured Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1 from 7025 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Puts the other side of the trade as "economic cooperation" with Russia, not only sanctions relief.
Видання The Athlantic написало, що спецпредставник президента США Дональда Трампа Джон Коул запропонував нову стратегію щодо Росії, яка полягає у тому, щоб домагатися звільнення політичних в'язнів в обмін на послаблення санкцій і відновлення економічних зв'язків із Москвою. Джерело: "Європейська правда" з посиланням на публікацію Деталі: Як стверджує видання, американський президент підтримав цю ідею. The Athlantic нагадує, що Коул випробував такий підхід у Білорусі: після звільнення сотень політв'язнів США послабили санкції та почали переговори про закупівлю білоруського калію. Тепер Коул хоч
Word choice: 'political prisoners', traded for economic cooperation rather than sanctions relief — “звільнення політичних в'язнів в обмін на економічне співробітництво з Росією”
Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2026/09/29/8055630/
U Ukrainska Pravda
Centre estimate · not a score
Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦UA · digital · independent Trump backs strategy to ease Russia sanctions in exchange for release of political prisoners Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → What we have measured Actor named shortages are described with no one named as causing them ×1Actor named The cancellation is pinned on a named Hungarian official's refusal. ×1Actor named The town is called 'occupied', but the lede does not name who occupies it or who blocks aid. ×1Actor named Names the EU and partners as the ones paying ×1 from 7025 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The English-language version: Trump "backed" Coale's strategy in exchange for "the release of political prisoners".
The Atlantic has reported that US President Donald Trump's special envoy John Coale has proposed a new strategy towards Russia that would seek the release of political prisoners in exchange for easing sanctions and resuming economic ties with Moscow. Source: The Atlantic, as reported by European Pravda Details: The Atlantic says Trump has backed the idea. The outlet notes that Coale tested this approach in Belarus: after hundreds of political prisoners were released, the US eased sanctions and began talks on purchasing Belarusian potash. Coale now wants to apply this model to Russia. US offici
Measure chosen: The report names the people to be released as political prisoners. — “release of political prisoners”
Word choice: 'political prisoners' — “in exchange for the release of political prisoners”
Read it at Ukrainska Pravda → https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/09/29/8055630/
R Regnum
Right estimate · not a score
Regnum 🇷🇺RU · digital · The Atlantic: Трамп поддержал смягчение санкций против РФ в обмен на заключенных Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Regnum → What we have measured Actor label Calls Ukraine's president the head of a regime in the report's own voice. ×1Actor named names Ukraine's forces as the attacker of the town ×1Actor named Ukraine's armed forces are named outright as the side attacking the town ×1Actor named Names the organiser and says he is under arrest ×1 from 11156 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report to call Coale the envoy for Belarus and to say he proposed the idea several months ago. Says "prisoners", not "political prisoners".
Президент США Дональд Трамп поддержал смягчение санкций против России в обмен на заключенных. Об этом 29 сентября сообщил журнал The Atlantic. Идею обмена заключенных на смягчение санкций, по данным СМИ, Трампу несколько месяцев назад предложил его спецпосланник по Белоруссии Джон Коул. По задумке,...
Measure chosen: 'Political' is dropped, in the headline and in the body. They are just 'prisoners'. — “в обмен на заключенных”
Context added: This is the only report that gives the envoy's Belarus brief, which suggests whose prisoners are meant. — “его спецпосланник по Белоруссии Джон Коул”
Word choice: 'prisoners', with 'political' dropped — “Президент США Дональд Трамп поддержал смягчение санкций против России в обмен на заключенных.”
Read it at Regnum → https://regnum.ru/news/4064784
V Vedomosti
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Vedomosti 🇷🇺RU · digital · The Atlantic: Трамп согласился на ослабление санкций против РФ Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Vedomosti → What we have measured Actor named names Russia as the state actor, not the company, and frames it neutrally ×1Asserted vs attributed the headline attributes the attacks to Novak ×1Asserted vs attributed Attributes the attack count to Novak in the headline. ×1Attribution figure stated flat with no source named, and tied to 2027 ×1 from 6447 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The headline says Trump "agreed to easing" sanctions. The body says only that easing is "connected with" freeing prisoners.
Президенту США Дональду Трампу предложили поддержать идею его спецпосланника по Восточной Европе об ослаблении антироссийских санкций в обмен на освобождение Россией некоторых заключенных. Об этом пишет The Atlantic. По данным издания, с такой инициативой несколько месяцев назад выступил спецпосланник Джон Коул. Предложенная им схема предполагает взаимные уступки: Москва освобождает некоторых политических заключенных, после чего Вашингтон смягчает экономические санкции против России. Трамп поддержал эту идею, утверждает The Atlantic. При этом инициатива пока находится на ранней стадии. Такой п
Measure chosen: 'Political' is dropped here too, and the link is stated vaguely as 'connected with'. — “смягчение ограничений связано с освобождением заключенных”
Word choice: 'prisoners', with 'political' dropped — “смягчение ограничений связано с освобождением заключенных”
Read it at Vedomosti → https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/2026/09/29/1232759-tramp-soglasi…
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 → 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
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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
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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
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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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