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Air defenses down twelve Ukrainian UAVs over Tatarstan, Bashkortostan this morning

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 55 words
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What to know about Air defenses down twelve Ukrainian UAVs over Tatarstan, Bashkortostan this morning

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 12 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Bashkortostan and Tatarstan regions on August 9.

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What happened

Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 12 Ukrainian UAVs over the Regions of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan in the morning, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Why it matters

"On the morning of August 9, air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 12 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Regions of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan," it said.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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The Russian Defense Ministry reported that air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 12 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over the Bashkortostan and Tatarstan regions on August 9.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://tass.com/defense/2170645

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 2 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the Russian Defense Ministry said”
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The evidence from TASS directly attributes the statement regarding the 12 UAVs over Bashkortostan and Tatarstan to the Russian Defense Ministry. Additionally, other sources (Al Jazeera) confirm that the Russian Ministry of Defence regularly issues statements regarding the interception of Ukrainian drones, verifying the ministry as the source of such reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации; MOD) is the governing body of the Russian Armed Forces. The president of Russia is the commander-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MD RK, Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы Қорғаныс министрлігі, romanized: Qazaqstan Respublikasy Qorğanys ministrlıgı, ҚР ҚМ; Russian: Министерство …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Kazakhsta…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief (full name in Russian: Министерство Российской Федерации по делам гражданской обороны, чрезвычайным ситуациям и ликвидации последствий ст…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Emergency_Situatio…
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Claim 2: “Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 12 Ukrainian UAVs over the Regions of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan in the morning”
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The specific claim that 12 UAVs were destroyed over Bashkortostan and Tatarstan is explicitly mentioned in a TASS report. While other sources mention general drone interceptions, only the TASS source provides these specific numbers and locations for this event.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 6 August 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian Armed Forces and Russian border guard. A sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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