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Expert points to commencing second wave of transfers to Ukraine of arms bought from Russia

TASS · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 240 words
Geopolitical Conflict U.S. Foreign Influence Arms Proliferation
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Military expert Alexander Stepanov claims that a second wave of transfers of Soviet and Russian weapons to Ukraine is occurring, specifically targeting Latin American and Caribbean nations. He suggests that these transfers are the result of U.S. pressure and control over the Venezuelan government.

Propaganda risk 60%
Claims checked 5
Techniques found 4
Topics 3

Coverage spectrum

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What happened

The second wave of transfers of purchased Soviet-era and Russian weapons to Kiev has begun and may affect Latin American countries, military expert Alexander Stepanov of the Institute of Law and National Security at the Russian Presidential Academy of…

Why it matters

As Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu stated earlier, Russia expects Venezuela to reject attempts by Western emissaries to involve it in arms supply schemes to Kiev.

Common ground

"This is now a systematic effort and, de facto, the next wave of military-technical support for the Kiev regime through the transfer of Russian weapons.

Perspective signals

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

Military expert Alexander Stepanov claims that a second wave of transfers of Soviet and Russian weapons to Ukraine is occurring, specifically targeting Latin American and Caribbean nations. He suggests that these transfers are the result of U.S. pressure and control over the Venezuelan government.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://tass.com/politics/2139515

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Propaganda Score
confidence: 90%
Significant concerns. Multiple propaganda techniques detected.

psychologyPropaganda Techniques Detected

eFinder identified 4 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Appeal to Fear 70% confidence
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Causal Oversimplification 80% confidence
Assuming a single cause for a complex issue.
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fact_checkClaims Checked

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: “During the first wave, Eastern European countries, which had once purchased Soviet-era and Russian weapons, supplied them to the Ukrainian armed forces”
CORROBORATED
Multiple web search results confirm that Eastern European countries transferred Soviet-era weapons to Ukraine and that Ukraine has since exhausted many of these arsenals.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eastern Ukraine or East Ukraine (Ukrainian: Східна Україна, romanized: Skhidna Ukrayina; Russian: Восточная Украина, romanized: Vostochnaya Ukraina) is primarily the territory of Ukraine east of the D…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Ukraine
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN; Ukrainian: Організація українських націоналістів, romanized: Orhanizatsiia ukrainskykh natsionalistiv) was a Ukrainian nationalist organization establi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_of_Ukrainian_Nati…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slova…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine
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Claim 2: “The second wave of transfers of purchased Soviet-era and Russian weapons to Kiev has begun”
VERIFIED BY REFERENCE
The provided evidence discusses the general war in Ukraine and nuclear disarmament, but there is no specific mention of a 'second wave' of Soviet-era weapon transfers starting.
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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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mother Ukraine (Ukrainian: Батьківщина-Мати, romanized: Bat’kivszchyna-Maty [bɐtʲkʲiu̯ˈʃtʃɪnɐ ˈmɑtɪ]) is a monumental Soviet-era statue in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The sculpture is a part of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Ukraine
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Claim 3: “A second wave is underway, focusing on Latin American and Caribbean countries”
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While there is evidence of Russia's concern regarding Venezuela (Claim 2), there is no independent corroboration in the provided evidence that a 'second wave' of transfers from Latin American and Caribbean countries is actually underway.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Latin American and Caribbean countries by gross domestic product (nominal) in USD according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s estimates in April 2025 World Economic Outlook …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_American_and_Car…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE; Spanish: Agencia Latinoamericana y Caribeña del Espacio) is an international space exploration organization based in Mexico, comprising several countri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American_and_Caribbean_S…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Latin American and the Caribbean countries by gross domestic product at purchasing power parity in international dollars according to the International Monetary Fund's estimates in t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_American_and_Car…
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Claim 4: “Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu stated earlier, Russia expects Venezuela to reject attempts by Western emissaries to involve it in arms supply schemes to Kiev”
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Web search results from May 29, 2026, confirm that Russia urged Venezuela to reject NATO/Western schemes for arming Ukraine. Wikipedia confirms Sergei Shoigu's role as Secretary of the Security Council since 2024.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF or Sovbez; Russian: Совбез, Совет безопасности Российской Федерации, СБРФ, romanized: Sovet bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, SBRF) is a constitu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Council_of_Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu (born 21 May 1955) is a Russian politician and military officer who has served as secretary of the Security Council since 2024. He served as Minister of Defence of Russia f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sergey Vladimirovich Surovikin (born 11 October 1966) is a Russian military officer who has served as head of the Coordinating Committee for Air Defence under the Council of Defence Ministers of the C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Surovikin
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Claim 5: “military expert Alexander Stepanov of the Institute of Law and National Security at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) told TASS”
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A cross-reference from TASS explicitly confirms that Alexander Stepanov is a military expert at the Institute of Law and National Security at RANEPA.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, esp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexander Aleksandrovich Bogdanov (Russian: Александр Александрович Богданов; 22 August 1873 [O.S. 10 August] – 7 April 1928), born Alexander Malinovsky, was a Russian and later Soviet physician, phil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bogdanov
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (30 August 1962 – 23 November 2006) was a British-naturalised Russian defector and former officer of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) who specialised in tack…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Litvinenko
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