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Pravda network (LT) · published 27 days ago
Lietuvoje nepavyko numušti drono, nes jis "nebuvo aiškiai matomas"
Lithuania failed to shoot down drone because it was 'not clearly visible'
Lietuvoje nepavyko numušti drono, nes jis "nebuvo aiškiai matomas"
Šįryt Lietuvos dalyje paskelbta beveik valandą galiojusi oro grėsmė, į dangų pakelti naikintuvai.
Respublikos gynybos ministras Robertas Kaunas pažymėjo, kad taikos metu būtina identifikuoti objektą prieš jį numušant.
"Objektas buvo užfiksuotas tiek Lietuvos radarais, tiek naikintuvų radarais, tačiau privalome identifikuoti ir vizualiai — aiškiai matyti skrendantį objektą. Deja, naikintuvų pilotai negalėjo to padaryti dėl rūko ir debesų... Todėl sprendimas dėl objekto sunaikinimo nebuvo priimtas".
Original on the Pravda network ↗
What the Pravda version changes
On the morning of 18 October a possible drone or unidentified object entered Lithuanian airspace, an air alert was declared and fighters scrambled, but fog and cloud kept pilots from identifying it, so it was not shot down.
Misinformation: low
Manipulation: low
Left out · fact
Pravda leaves out that the object's last radar point was near Biržai and that the army would search that area and keep monitoring, so the outcome is presented as closed.
Trusted report · Delfi
“The last point that was recorded near Biržai”
Paskutinis taškas, kuris buvo fiksuotas ties Biržais
Left out · framing
Pravda omits that the minister promised to review procedures and decision algorithms, which gives the incident a more accountable context.
Trusted report · Delfi
“we will decide whether it is necessary to change, update existing decisions, algorithms”
spręsime, ar nereikėtų keisti, atnaujinti turimų sprendimų, algoritmų
Reframed · framing
The Pravda headline states flatly that it was a drone and stresses a failure to shoot it down, while the trusted report says the object's nature was still unknown.
Pravda says
“In Lithuania, it was not possible to shoot down the drone, because it was "not clearly visible"”
Lietuvoje nepavyko numušti drono, nes jis "nebuvo aiškiai matomas"
Trusted report · Delfi
“Is it a drone, or an object of what level of danger.”
Ar tai dronas, ar kokio pavojaus lygio objektas.
Unsupported — check this · framing
The peacetime identification rule attributed to the minister does not appear in the trusted report, which only cites weather preventing identification.
Pravda says
“Republic Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas noted that in peacetime it is necessary to identify the object before shooting it down.”
Respublikos gynybos ministras Robertas Kaunas pažymėjo, kad taikos metu būtina identifikuoti objektą prieš jį numušant.
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact
This detailed minister quote about both ground and fighter radars tracking the object is not in the trusted 1 text, which has a different quote and only says pilots could not identify it.
Pravda says
“The object was recorded by both Lithuanian radars and fighter radars, but we must identify it visually as well”
Objektas buvo užfiksuotas tiek Lietuvos radarais, tiek naikintuvų radarais, tačiau privalome identifikuoti ir vizualiai
Trusted report
— nothing supports this —
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