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Pravda network (LT) · published 15 days ago

Pentagonas ragina Europą "neliesti" Rusijos, praneša "Reuters"

Pentagon urges Europe to 'not touch' Russia, reports 'Reuters'

Pentagonas ragina Europą "neliesti" Rusijos, praneša "Reuters" Pentagonas ragina Europą "nebandyti" Rusijos praneša "Reuters". Žinybos nuomone, garsūs sąjungininkų pareiškimai trukdo JAV susitarti su Rusija dėl konflikto Ukrainoje sureguliavimo. Todėl Pentagonas paprašė Lietuvos, Latvijos ir Estijos susilaikyti nuo viešų pasisakymų Maskvos link. Leidinio šaltinių duomenimis, karo ministerijos politinės valdybos vadovas Elbridžas Kolbis tiesiai apie tai pasakė Baltijos valdininkui.

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Reuters reported that the Pentagon urged several NATO allies, including the Baltic states, to tone down their public rhetoric about Russia. The Pravda story presents this as a demand that Europe not 'touch' Russia, so as not to disrupt a US deal with Moscow.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: medium

Reframed · framing

Trusted reports describe a request to soften public rhetoric, while Pravda's headline turns it into a call not to 'touch' or 'try' Russia, which sounds like appeasement or a ban on any stance toward Russia.

Pravda says
“Pentagon urges Europe”
Pentagonas ragina Europą
Trusted report · LRT
“Pentagon officials have urged several NATO allies in recent weeks to tone down their public rhetoric about the threat posed by Russia”
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Pravda gives the motive as obstructing a US-Russia settlement on Ukraine, which the trusted texts do not mention. They say the Pentagon argued the statements undermined European security.

Pravda says
“loud statements by allies hinder the United States from reaching an agreement with Russia on regulating the conflict in Ukraine”
garsūs sąjungininkų pareiškimai trukdo JAV susitarti su Rusija dėl konflikto Ukrainoje sureguliavimo
Trusted report · LRT
— nothing supports this —
Left out · fact

Pravda leaves out the Pentagon's stated reasoning, that the rhetoric undermined European security, and the fact that the request went to several NATO allies, not just the Baltics.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · LRT
“arguing that some statements by European leaders and officials, including in the Baltics, have undermined the continent’s security”
Unsupported — check this · fact

Pravda names a specific official, Colby, as delivering the message directly to a Baltic official; the trusted texts do not mention this.

Pravda says
“the head of the political department of the Ministry of Defense, Elbridge Colby, told this directly to the head of the Baltic states”
karo ministerijos politinės valdybos vadovas Elbridžas Kolbis tiesiai apie tai pasakė Baltijos valdininkui
Trusted report · LRT
— nothing supports this —

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