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Russia pummels Ukraine, hitting regions far from the front lines

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 239 words · By Video by Camille Corcoran
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Claim 1: “Russia is intensifying its daytime attacks on Ukraine, including on regions sometimes far from the front lines.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Russia is conducting daytime drone attacks and that Ukraine has warned of this shift in strategy to increase civilian casualties.
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web search NEUTRAL — “Not only are Ukrainian defensive lines holding, but Ukrainian forces have managed to contest the tactical initiative in several areas of the front line even as Russia continues to lose disproportiona…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/13/russia-targets…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia’s main goal with daytime mass attacks is to increase the number of civilian casualties, the head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council s…
https://english.nv.ua/nation/daytime-attacks-center-for-coun…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine has warned of a shift in Russia’s drone campaign after another large-scale attack from the evening of 12 May into the morning of 13 May, with Kyiv saying that Russian forces launched 139 unman…
https://eutoday.net/ukraine-warns-of-daytime-russian-drone-a…
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Claim 2: “The attacks continued into Thursday morning, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others.”
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Two independent sources (Al Jazeera and Business Insider) specifically report that at least six people were killed and dozens injured during these attacks, with Al Jazeera attributing the statement to President Zelenskyy.
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web search NEUTRAL — At least six people have been killed and dozens injured in “one of the longest, massive Russian attacks against Ukraine”, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, despite renewed claims f…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/13/russian-attacks-acr…
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web search NEUTRAL — At least six people were killed, and dozens more were injured on Wednesday, officials said. Smoke from an explosion among multi-story residential buildings is seen during Russian drone and missile str…
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-daytime-drone-attack-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 'Massive' Russian attack on Ukraine kills 16, injures at least 100, Ukrainian officials say. Almost 300 miles away from Kolomiec in Kyiv lies Odesa, Ukraine’s third most populous city, located by the …
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/russias-attacks-continue…
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Claim 3: “On Wednesday, Moscow launched at least 800 drones against Ukraine, according to Volodymyr Zelensky.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of search results for calculators (calculator.com, Desmos, Online Calculator) and contains no information regarding drone attacks or statements by Volodymyr Zelensky.
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web search NEUTRAL — All clear button clears the calculator, tape, and resets any functions. Memory recall button retrieves the number you have in memory and places it in the display field. Memory plus button adds the num…
https://calculator.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — A beautiful, free online scientific calculator with advanced features for evaluating percentages, fractions, exponential functions, logarithms, trigonometry, statistics, and more.
https://www.desmos.com/scientific
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web search NEUTRAL — The original calculator was invented in the 17th century by a Frenchman called Blaise Pascal! He was just 18 years old, and wanted to help his father do his tax calculations.
https://www.online-calculator.com/
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