Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Leans right
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said an object that crashed into a field in eastern Poland in the early hours of Thursday was "in all probability" a Russian cruise missile, and it was armed.
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it → publish → probability
It left a10m-wide (33ft) crater a short distance from the village of Tarnawa Kolonia, 92km (57 miles) from the border with Ukraine during a large-scale Russian attack on the cities of Lviv, Kyiv and near Kryvyhi Rih.
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It → leave → Rih
Tusk said initially that "all the indications" were that the missile that violated Polish airspace was a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile, during a specially convened meeting in the eastern city of Lublin.
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that → say → Lublin
He then went to the site of the incident and said that according to military experts the majority of "recovered fragments point to it being a Russian Kh-101 missile".
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it → go → fragments
Although no casualties had been reported in Thursday's incident near Tarnawa Kolonia, the Polish prime minister made clear it was being taken very seriously.
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taken → report → Kolonia
There was no immediate threat as it had not landed in a built-up area, he said, adding that "we were prepared to shoot it down if had continued its flight".
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we → be → flight
Nato said it was in close contact with Polish authorities and the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, Gen Alexus G Grynkewich, said the Western defensive alliance would "continue to take all necessary measures to defend Nato territory".
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alliance → say → territory
Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said about 20 objects were seen close to Polish airspace overnight and pyrotechnical analysis was being carried out.
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analysis → say → airspace
Ukraine's acting Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha had earlier declared definitively that a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile had "crossed into Poland as part of Russia's massive strike against Ukraine, violating Nato airspace".
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missile → act → airspace
Tusk said he was in contact with fellow European leaders and the head of the European Council António Costa said Russia's "massive combined strike against Ukraine" had underlined again that "Russia's aggression is a threat to the security as a whole".
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aggression → say → whole
At least eight people died and dozens more were wounded across Ukraine, including six members of one family in a village near Kryvyih Rih.
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dozens → die → Rih
Dozens more were wounded in Lviv, not far from Ukraine's western border with Poland.
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Dozens → wound → Poland
A number of Russian drones and one unarmed Russian missile have landed in Poland since Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine began in February 2022.
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war → land → February
Two Polish farmers were killed by a missile that landed just over the border from Ukraine in November 2022, but that was believed to have been a Ukrainian air defence missile responding to a Russian attack.
Poland's military detected the object at about 03:40 on Thursday (01:40 GMT) and sent an F-16 fighter jet to intercept it before it disappeared minutes later from radar systems.
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it → kill → systems
A military helicopter was then sent to search the area.
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helicopter → send → area
Air raid sirens blared in Lublin and Krasnystaw further to the south-east because of the Russian airstrikes in neighbouring Ukraine.
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sirens → blare → Ukraine
Residents in Tarnawa Kolonia reported hearing a loud bang at about 04:00 and police found the crash site about an hour later.
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police → report → site
The Polish leader had met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Lublin the previous evening as Zelensky was returning from talks with US President Donald Trump.
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Zelensky → meet → Trump
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