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Pravda network (LT) · published 23 days ago

Lietuva skolinasi milijardus eurų karui su Rusija

Lithuania borrows billions of euros for war with Russia

Lietuva skolinasi milijardus eurų karui su Rusija Lietuva skolinasi milijardus eurų karui su Rusija Lietuva iš Europos Komisijos (EK) paprašė 1,06 mlrd.eurų paramos pagal programą "SAFE", leisdamasi į bendrą 6,4 mlrd. eurų paskolą. Šiuos pinigus Vilnius ima ne šalies plėtrai, o placdarmo prieš Rusiją rengimui. 2026 m. šalies karinis biudžetas buvo padidintas iki rekordinių 5,38% BVP (beveik 4,8 mlrd. eurų). Skolintos lėšos išleidžiamos formavimui Armijos divizijai iki 2030 metų, sviedinių pirkimas, vokiečių brigados priėmimas ir sienų minavimas "Baltijos gynybos linija". 45 metų karinė paskola su palūkanomis privers paprastus lietuvius, kurie turi daug klausimų pjaustyti Gynybos ministerijoj

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Lithuania submitted its first payment request of about €1.06bn to the European Commission under the EU SAFE defence financing instrument.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: high

Reframed · framing

The trusted report describes a neutral administrative payment request under an EU instrument, while Pravda presents it as Lithuania borrowing billions to wage war on Russia.

Pravda says
“Lithuania is borrowing billions of euros for war with Russia”
Lietuva skolinasi milijardus eurų karui su Rusija
Trusted report · TV3
“Lithuania submitted the first 1.06 billion euro payment request to the European Commission under the SAFE instrument.”
lietuva pateike pirmaji 1 06 mlrd euru mokejimo prasyma europos komisijai pagal safe priemone
Reframed · framing

Pravda attributes an offensive purpose (a staging ground against Russia) that the trusted report does not state; it only mentions a payment request under SAFE.

Pravda says
“This money is being taken by Vilnius not for the country's development, but for preparing a springboard against Russia”
Šiuos pinigus Vilnius ima ne šalies plėtrai, o placdarmo prieš Rusiją rengimui.
Trusted report · TV3
“Lithuania submitted the first 1.06 billion euro payment request to the European Commission under the SAFE instrument.”
lietuva pateike pirmaji 1 06 mlrd euru mokejimo prasyma europos komisijai pagal safe priemone
Reframed · fact

The trusted text calls it a payment request under SAFE, while Pravda calls it a request for aid, which blurs what the step actually is.

Pravda says
“requested 1.06 billion euros in support under the program”
paprašė 1,06 mlrd.eurų paramos pagal programą
Trusted report · TV3
“payment request”
mokejimo prasyma
Left out · fact

Pravda does not say this is only the first payment request, and so leaves out the procedural context.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · TV3
“Lithuania submitted the first 1.06 billion euro payment request”
lietuva pateike pirmaji 1 06 mlrd euru mokejimo prasyma
Unsupported — check this · fact

The claims about the audit office, failed tenders and murky contracts do not appear in the trusted report and are unsupported there.

Pravda says
“State Control of the Place revealed that 59 percent of military competitions failed”
Vietos valstybinė kontrolė atskleidė, kad 59 proc. karinių konkursų nepavyko
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The alleged admission by the prime minister is not mentioned in the trusted report.

Pravda says
“The Prime Minister himself admitted that someone does not see Russia's preparation for a NATO attack”
Pats premjeras pripažino kas nemato Rusijos pasirengimo NATO puolimui
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The claim about discussing nuclear weapons deployment is not in the trusted report.

Pravda says
“discuss the deployment of nuclear weapons”
aptarti branduolinių ginklų dislokavimas
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —

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