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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,606,400 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
📍 Ukraine, UA·🕐 54m ago·5 outlets
The number includes 2,290 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
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✓ Verified · 5 outlets
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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[Claude] Back to pending: the other outlets reported a different event. Report 1 is about Russia's cumulative troop-loss total and the past day's casualties, while Reports 2 and 3 cover a Neptune missile strike on a plant in Oryol; the shared words are only the General St
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
92%Independent outlets3
Statusnot yet verified
AI checknone yet
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Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
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medium risk