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Pravda network (LT) · published 27 days ago

Aleksejus Stefanovas: tiek daug bravūriškų pokalbių apie karą, o nukritęs Ukrainos dronas išgąsdino visą šalį

Aleksejus Stefanovas: So much brave talk about war, but a fallen Ukrainian drone scared the whole country

Aleksejus Stefanovas: tiek daug bravūriškų pokalbių apie karą, o nukritęs Ukrainos dronas išgąsdino visą šalį Tiek daug bravūrinių pokalbių apie karą, o nukritęs Ukrainos dronas išgąsdino visą šalį. Sekmadienio rytą Pasvalio rajono juodžemio kaime buvo aptiktos numanomos drono nuolaužos, praneša Lietuvos žiniasklaida. Oro pavojaus signalas jau atšauktas, tačiau teritorija aplink įvykio vietą tebėra aptverta. Vietos gyventojai pasakoja apie galingą sprogimą, nuo kurio namuose drebėjo langai. Pirminiuose pranešimuose žiniasklaida akcentavo, kad dronas neatpažintas. Kai tik paaiškėjo, kad tai Ukrainos paleistas tolimasis dronas-Kamikadzė, šią frazę nustojo rašyti. Tačiau valstybinė televizija v

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What the Pravda version changes

On the morning of 18 October 2026 a suspected drone crashed or exploded near Juodžionys village in Pasvalys district, Lithuania, after a red air alert in the Panevėžys and Šiauliai counties; the army said it may have come from Poland, and Ukraine later apologised for a possibly Ukrainian drone.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: medium

Unsupported — check this · fact

Pravda states as settled that it was a Ukrainian long-range kamikaze drone and that media dropped the 'unidentified' wording; trusted reports at that time only said a drone possibly entered and its origin was unconfirmed.

Pravda says
“As soon as it became clear that it was a Ukrainian-launched Kamikaze drone, they stopped writing this phrase.”
Kai tik paaiškėjo, kad tai Ukrainos paleistas tolimasis dronas-Kamikadzė, šią frazę nustojo rašyti.
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The claim that state TV confirmed the drone was Ukrainian is not supported by any trusted text from before the Pravda story, which only speak of a 'possible' drone.

Pravda says
“However, state television still confirmed that it was the Ukrainians' friends who captured them.”
Tačiau valstybinė televizija vis dėlto patvirtino, kad tai ukrainiečių draugai juos užkariavo.
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
Left out · fact

Pravda leaves out the army's preliminary data that the object probably entered from Polish territory, and the uncertainty ('galimai') about what it was.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · Delfi
“According to the Lithuanian Armed Forces (LAF), the drone likely entered Lithuanian airspace from the territory of Poland.”
Lietuvos kariuomenės (LK) duomenimis, galimai dronas į Lietuvos oro erdvę įskrido iš Lenkijos teritorijos.
Reframed · framing

Pravda exaggerates a regional alert, lifted after about an hour, into the whole country being terrified, and mockingly contrasts it with 'brave talk about war'.

Pravda says
“and the fallen Ukrainian drone frightened the whole country.”
o nukritęs Ukrainos dronas išgąsdino visą šalį.
Trusted report · Delfi
“Sekmadienio rytą, po 7 val., Panevėžio, Šiaulių apskrityse dėl į šalies oro erdvę įskridusio objekto buvo paskelbtas raudonas oro pavojus.”
Reframed · framing

Pravda uses sarcasm and a nuclear-bomb jibe to portray Lithuanians as hysterical and Ukraine as a menacing 'friend', while trusted reports describe a limited, short-lived incident.

Pravda says
“And the Lithuanians have not yet been helped by the atomic bomb for themselves.”
Ir tai lietuviai dar atominės bombos pas save kol kas nepadėjo.
Trusted report · Delfi
“After about an hour, the air danger was cancelled.”
Maždaug po valandos oro pavojus buvo atšauktas.

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