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Baltic states to be punished for assisting Ukraine in attacking Russia — MP

TASS · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · · 194 words
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Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee, warned that Baltic states could face serious consequences for allowing Ukrainian drones to use their airspace. Slutsky also referenced statements regarding Kaliningrad, asserting that a NATO attack there would trigger Russia's military and nuclear doctrines.

Propaganda risk 80%
Claims checked 5
Techniques found 3
Topics 3

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
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Center86%
Right14%

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What happened

The Baltic states could face serious consequences if they continue to provide the Ukrainian armed forces with airspace for Ukrainian drone flights, Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia…

Why it matters

The lawmaker commented on the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service’s (SVR) statement that the Kiev regime is preparing strikes against Russia from Latvian territory.

Common ground

He also recalled Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys’ words in an interview with the Neue Zurcher Zeitung that NATO must demonstrate to Russia its ability to "penetrate the small fortress the Russians built in Kaliningrad." "The de facto tacit…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee, warned that Baltic states could face serious consequences for allowing Ukrainian drones to use their airspace. Slutsky also referenced statements regarding Kaliningrad, asserting that a NATO attack there would trigger Russia's military and nuclear doctrines.

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High risk. Heavy use of propaganda and manipulative rhetoric.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Committee and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Leonid Slutsky stated [that] the Baltic states could face serious consequences if they continue to provide the Ukrainian armed forces with airspace for Ukrainian drone flights”
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The claim is explicitly reported by TASS and referenced in other web search results regarding the SVR statement and Slutsky's reaction.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of the Jews in Ukraine dates back over a thousand years; Jewish communities have existed in the modern territory of Ukraine from the time of the Kievan Rus' (late 9th to mid-13th century).…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Ukraine
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LDPR – Liberal Democratic Party of Russia is a Russian ultranationalist and right-wing populist political party. It succeeded the Liberal Democratic Party of the Soviet Union (LDPSU) in Russia after t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_of_Ru…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nahum Isaakovich Eitingon (Russian: Наум Исаакович Эйтингон, romanized: Naum Isaakovich Eytingon), also known as Leonid Aleksandrovich Eitingon (Russian: Леонид Александрович Эйтингон; 6 December 1899…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahum_Eitingon
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Claim 2: “Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys’ words in an interview with the Neue Zurcher Zeitung that NATO must demonstrate to Russia its ability to 'penetrate the small fortress the Russians built in Kaliningrad.'”
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Three independent web sources (The Voice of..., RT World News, and another news report) confirm that Kestutis Budrys stated in an interview with Neue Zürcher Zeitung that NATO must demonstrate the ability to penetrate the 'small fortress' in Kaliningrad.
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web search NEUTRAL — “We must show the Russians that we can penetrate the small fortress they have built in Kaliningrad,” the Lithuanian minister said. According to Budrys, NATO has the necessary means to neutralise Russi…
https://voiceofmd.eu/europes-view/lithuania-suggests-nato-sh…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys, in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung, stated that NATO should "show the Russians" its ability to break into the Kaliningrad region…
https://en.topwar.ru/282953-litovskij-ministr-nado-pokazat-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — “We must show the Russians that we can penetrate their small fortress that they have built in Kaliningrad,” he said. The minister claimed that “NATO has the means to raze the Russian air defense and m…
https://rtrunews.com/news/640155-nato-kaliningrad-lithuania-…
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Claim 3: “In the event of a NATO attack on Kaliningrad, Russia’s military and nuclear doctrines will inevitably come into play”
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The provided evidence for this specific claim consists of irrelevant search results about a tribute band called 'Leonid and Friends' and does not contain the actual statement regarding nuclear doctrines.
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web search NEUTRAL — Leonid and Friends is a Chicago tribute band based in Moscow. They began as a YouTube band, and now tour the United States extensively in the spring and fall. Leonid Vorobyev (b. 7 Nov 1954 in Moscow,…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_and_Friends
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web search NEUTRAL — Leonid Vorobyev is the leader and founder of the band Leonid & Friends. He is the band’s producer, plays bass and piano, sings lead and backing vocals, transcribes all the musical sources, and he prod…
https://leonidandf.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Leonid and Friends is a Moscow-based group of studio musicians capable of near-perfect re-creations of recordings by popular groups like Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire; Blood, Sweat & Tears; The ...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_lu88CYCO49t9aYp4N_4…
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Claim 4: “Slutsky wrote on his Telegram channel [that] the de facto tacit provision of airspace for drone flights by neo-Nazis to carry out terrorist attacks against Russian civilians is fraught with the most serious consequences for these countries”
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The TASS report explicitly attributes these statements to Leonid Slutsky, and the context of his role as LDPR leader is verified by Wikipedia.
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web search NEUTRAL — Leonid Eduardovich Slutsky is a Russian politician who leads the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia since 2022, and has served as a deputy of the State Duma since 1999.Slutsky was a candidate for the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Slutsky_(politician)
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web search NEUTRAL — The Baltic states could face serious consequences if they continue to provide the Ukrainian armed forces with airspace for Ukrainian drone flights, Chairman of the State Duma International Affairs Com…
https://tass.com/politics/2133095
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web search NEUTRAL — " If Moldovan politicians provide Kiev with "evidence" of preparations for a Russian invasion from the territory...The meeting between Zelensky and Palantir CEO Alex Karp marks a serious threat to Rus…
https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/05/12/2300993.html
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Claim 5: “the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service’s (SVR) statement that the Kiev regime is preparing strikes against Russia from Latvian territory”
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Multiple independent sources, including Sputnik International and other web search results, confirm that the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) made this specific claim about Latvia.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed Tuesday that Ukraine is preparing a new wave of drone strikes against Russian regions using Latvian territory to launch unmanned aerial vehicles (UA…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/eurasia/russias-foreign-intelligenc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sputnik International. ukraine, russia, latvia, svr.MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The command of the armed forces of Ukraine is preparing to launch a series of new terrorist attacks on Russia's rear regions, the…
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260519/ukraine-plotting-to-use-la…
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web search NEUTRAL — The lawmaker commented on the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service’s (SVR) statement that the Kiev regime is preparing strikes against Russia from Latvian territory.
https://tass.com/politics/2133095
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