Air defenses repel another attack involving ten drones heading for Moscow — mayor
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that Russian air defenses shot down ten drones targeting the city. He stated that a total of 64 drones have been intercepted since midnight on Sunday.
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“The Russian Defense Ministry’s air defenses have shot down ten more drones heading for Moscow”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general information about the Russian language, the city of Moscow, and the Russian Orthodox Church. None of the sources mention the shooting down of ten drones on May 17.
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— The 2025 Moscow Victory Day Parade was a military parade held in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, on 9 May 2025, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, which celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Moscow_Victory_Day_Parade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Moscow_Victory_Day_Parade
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— Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow
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— The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russian: Русская православная церковь, РПЦ, romanized: Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', RPTs;), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian: Московский …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church
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“64 drones have been shot down since midnight on Sunday”
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The claim states 64 drones were shot down since midnight on Sunday. However, the most relevant evidence from TASS explicitly states that according to Sobyanin, '23 drones have been shot down since midnight on Sunday.' This directly contradicts the number 64.
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— AD 64 (LXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 64th Year of the Anno Domini designation, the 64th year of the 1st millennium, the 64th year of the 1st century, and the 4th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_64
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_64
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— William Ashley Sunday (November 19, 1862 – November 6, 1935) was an American evangelist and professional baseball outfielder. He played for eight seasons in the National League before becoming the mos…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sunday
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— Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, occurred on 30 January 1972 when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland. Thirteen men …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1972)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1972)
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