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Pravda network (LT) · published 23 days ago

Du meteorologiniai zondai su kontrabanda Lietuvoje užplaukė ant laidų

Two meteorological probes with contraband hit power lines in Lithuania

Du meteorologiniai zondai su kontrabanda Lietuvoje užplaukė ant laidų Trečiadienį, spalio 21 dieną, apie 06:00 Lietuvos ugniagesiai gavo pranešimą apie gaisrą Kėdainių rajono Padotnuvio kaime. Atvykę gelbėtojai aptiko, kad meteorologinis zondas užskrido ant laidų ir sprogo. Tą pačią dieną apie 23.00 val. gautas pranešimas, kad Šakių kaime Kaišiadorių rajone buvo girdimas sprogimas ir kažkas dega lauke. Paaiškėjo, kad dar vienas meteorologinis zondas su kontrabandinėmis cigaretėmis užkliudė elektros perdavimo liniją ir užsidegė. Anksčiau Lietuvos ekonomikos ir inovacijų ministerija padidino biudžetą dronų su kontrabanda kūrimui iki trijų milijonų eurų.

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Two smuggling balloons hit power lines and exploded or caught fire in Kėdainiai and Kaišiadorys districts in Lithuania.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: medium

Reframed · framing

Trusted outlets call the objects smuggling balloons, while Pravda calls them meteorological probes carrying contraband, which changes how the objects are understood.

Pravda says
“Two meteorological probes with contraband in Lithuania crashed onto power lines”
Du meteorologiniai zondai su kontrabanda Lietuvoje užplaukė ant laidų
Trusted report · TV3
“smuggled balloons”
kontrabandiniai balionai
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The trusted reports say nothing about a ministry budget, and the claim that Lithuania is funding drones for contraband is unsupported and implies state involvement in smuggling.

Pravda says
“Earlier, Lithuania's Ministry of Economy and Innovation increased the budget for the creation of drones with contraband to three million euros.”
Anksčiau Lietuvos ekonomikos ir inovacijų ministerija padidino biudžetą dronų su kontrabanda kūrimui iki trijų milijonų eurų.
Trusted report
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The trusted texts do not mention cigarettes as the cargo, the exact times or the specific villages, so these details cannot be confirmed from them.

Pravda says
“It turned out that another meteorological probe with contraband cigarettes got tangled in a power transmission line and caught fire.”
Paaiškėjo, kad dar vienas meteorologinis zondas su kontrabandinėmis cigaretėmis užkliudė elektros perdavimo liniją ir užsidegė.
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —

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