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What 'Putin's strikes' tell us about Russia’s war in Ukraine

Verified: 50 outlets in 25 countries have reported this story since Oct 29, 3 of them from Ukraine.

📍 Ukraine, UA·🕐 15d ago·50 outlets

The Kremlin has instructed loyal Russian media to describe attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as "Putin's strikes," and to portray them as far more effective than Ukrainian attacks on Russia, according to an Oct. 21 report by Meduza. So far, few outlets have picked

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✓ Verified · 50 outletsin its last 2 days · 54 since Oct 29

Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.

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The Kyiv Independent· National ↗The Independent· National ↗

The story so far · 103 reports · · 26 countries · 50 in its last 2 days✓ Verified Oct 29, 11:52 PM UTC

4 outlets from Ukraine, where the story is: Interfax-Ukraine, The Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post and 1 more · how we count

Oct 29, 7:25 AM UTCFirst report· you’re reading this
What 'Putin's strikes' tell us about Russia’s war in Ukrainekyivindependent.com ↗
Oct 29, 4:19 PM UTC+9 h
80% of Ukrainians Back Refinery Strikes Despite US Aid Risk kyivpost.com ↗
Oct 29, 11:52 PM UTC+16 h
Ukraine Pauses Strikes on Russian Refineries After Pressure From U.S.wsj.com ↗
Nov 3, 12:26 PM UTC+5 d
Russia pummels Ukraine with new strikes hurriyetdailynews.com (again) ↗
Nov 3, 12:55 PM UTC+5 d
Zelenskyy confirms Ukraine hacked Russian warning system in retaliation pravda.com.ua (again) ↗
Nov 3, 2:26 PM UTC+5 d
Zelensky confirms Ukrainian hackers breached Russia’s emergency alert app in retaliation for earlier attack on Ukraine’s warning system meduza.io (again) ↗
Nov 4, 1:31 AM UTC+6 d
Russia pummels Ukraine after local ceasefire ends myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com (again) ↗

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[Claude] Back to pending: the other outlets reported a different event. Report 2 covers Kremlin media messaging about strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, a separate angle from Kyiv's pause on strikes against Russian oil infrastructure in Report 1, so it does not d

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