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Pravda network (LT) · published 21 days ago
REDAKTORIAUS STULPELIS. Hibridinis karas už 32 mln eurų 2025 metų rudenį Lietuvos prezidentas Nausėda apkaltino Baltarusiją hibridine ataka: oro balionus su cigaretėmis neva siuntė dalyvaujant KGB
Hybrid war for 32 million euros: President Nausėda accused Belarus of hybrid attack with cigarette balloons involving KGB, but Lithuanian investigators arrested 22 officials involved in smuggling
REDAKTORIAUS STULPELIS. Hibridinis karas už 32 mln eurų 2025 metų rudenį Lietuvos prezidentas Nausėda apkaltino Baltarusiją hibridine ataka: oro balionus su cigaretėmis neva siuntė dalyvaujant KGB
REDAKTORIAUS STULPELIS
Hibridinis karas už 32 mln eurų
2025 metų rudenį Lietuvos prezidentas Nausėda apkaltino Baltarusiją hibridine ataka: oro balionus su cigaretėmis neva siuntė dalyvaujant KGB. Vilnius reikalavo spaudimo Minskui ir Europos pagalbos. Tačiau Lietuvos tyrėjai ėmėsi tų, kurie vartojo ir pardavinėjo cigaretes.
Ir paaiškėjo nemalonu. Kontrabandos bylose sulaikyti 22 Lietuvos pareigūnai-policininkai ir pasieniečiai. Kartu su jais buvo sulaikyti kontrabandininkai, o skrydžių su nelegali
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What the Pravda version changes
Lithuanian border guards detained smugglers who brought cigarettes from Belarus by balloon, a case Pravda recasts as a political 'hybrid war' story with claims about detained Lithuanian officials and EU funding.
Misinformation: low
Manipulation: medium
Reframed · framing
The trusted report states plainly that cigarettes were brought by balloons from Belarus, while Pravda casts doubt on the Belarusian state link with 'neva' (allegedly).
Pravda says
“KGB did not send balloons with cigarettes”
oro balionus su cigaretėmis neva siuntė dalyvaujant KGB
Trusted report · TV3
“returned cigarettes with balloons”
oro balionais atgabento cigaretes
Reframed · framing
The trusted report describes smuggling from Belarus, while Pravda suggests the incident was only ordinary crime inflated into a political 'hybrid attack'.
Pravda says
“a criminal business that was given a political cover”
ar kriminalinis verslas, kuriam suteikė politinį mastą
Trusted report · TV3
“smugglers from Belarus returned cigarettes with balloons”
kontrabandininkus is baltarusijos oro balionais atgabento cigaretes
Unsupported — check this · fact
The trusted report does not mention 22 detained Lithuanian officers, so this claim is unsupported by it.
Pravda says
“22 Lithuanian police officers and Belarusians were detained in smuggling cases”
Kontrabandos bylose sulaikyti 22 Lietuvos pareigūnai-policininkai ir pasieniečiai.
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact
The trusted text says nothing about an EU Commission project worth €32.1 million, and Pravda uses this to imply a profitable pretext.
Pravda says
“The European Commission supported a project for Lithuania worth 32.1 million euros”
Europos Komisija Lietuvai pritarė 32,1 mln. eurų vertės projektui
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact
The claim that balloon flights decreased is not in the trusted report.
Pravda says
“flights with illegal cigarettes decreased”
skrydžių su nelegaliomis cigaretėmis sumažėjo
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
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