Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Ukraine hit Russia with kamikaze drones launched from weather balloons in a bid to erupt Moscow's busy airports into chaos.
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Ukraine → hit → chaos
Images reveal a drone dangling beneath an alleged weather balloon.
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Images → reveal → balloon
Kremlin war channels revealed how Volodymyr Zelensky used the unconventional tactic to close airspace around the Russian capital.
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Zelensky → reveal → capital
'This is the type of device the enemy is using to target the Russian capital, in an attempt to disrupt the operations of the Moscow aviation hub,' reported New Military Columnist.
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Columnist → use → hub
The balloons are reportedly used to fly the drones to the target area at high altitude before they are launched to cause maximum damage.
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they → use → damage
Most are regular drones launched from Ukraine.
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Most → launch → Ukraine
Footage today showed massive gridlocked queues inside major international airport Sheremetyevo as thousands of passengers were left stranded.
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thousands → show → passengers
Ukraine hit Vladimir Putin with kamikaze drones launched from weather balloons.
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Ukraine → hit → balloons
A drone is seen dangling beneath an alleged weather balloon
The unusual tactic was a bid to bring Moscow's busy airports to gridlock.
Giant queues at international Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow amid major disruption with hundreds of flights cancelled or delayed due to Ukrainian drones
By early afternoon there were reports of 84 flights delayed and 45 cancelled.
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45 → see → flights
Smoke was seen close to Sheremetyevo amid suspicions an unmanned plane had crashed in the vicinity.
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plane → see → vicinity
Some reports said the smoke was close to a Rosneft oil depot.
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smoke → say → depot
Vnukovo Airport - used by Russian officials and VIP guests - suffered 119 delays and ten cancellations.
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Airport → use → delays
Some passengers have been waiting days for their flights as planes are held at other airports, unable to fly to Moscow.
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planes → wait → Moscow
Novosibirsk - the largest airport in Siberia - suffered around 100 disrupted aircraft.
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Novosibirsk → suffer → aircraft
St Petersburg's Pulkovo reported 138 delays or cancellations.
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Pulkovo → report → delays
Many passengers in Moscow complained about a lack of information from the authorities.
'There are children on board.
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passengers → complain → board
There is no food, only water,' complained a woman on a Pobeda Airline flight.
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woman → be → flight
The Russian Defence Ministry claims to have downed 2,690 Ukrainian drones in the past two-and-a-half days - among the highest figure of the entire war.
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Ministry → claim → war
Ukraine says the blame lies with Putin who refuses to halt his war and Russians who support him.
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who → say → him
Ukrainian national security commentator Andriy Kovalenko said: 'Russians are posting videos from Sheremetyevo airport.
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Russians → say → airport
'The consequences of Putin's geopolitics are manifesting in constant transportation disruptions.
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consequences → manifest → disruptions
'They chose this path, and they must bear the consequences.'
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they → choose → consequences
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