Tag: overnight strikes
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Mass Drone Attacks: Verifying Ukraine and Russia Strikes
Overview: What the claims say Overnight, social media and news outlets circulated videos and claimed scenes from drone-related strikes in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. BBC Verify has undertaken checks to verify the authenticity and context of these clips, focusing on whether the footage depicts actual attacks, who was involved, where they occurred, and the timing.…
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BBC Verify: Verifying Overnight Drone Strikes by Ukraine and Russia
Understanding the claims: who conducted the overnight drone strikes? The BBC Verify team has been assessing reports of significant drone activity throughout the night involving both Ukraine and Russia. In modern warfare, aerial operations—especially drone campaigns—often arrive with a flurry of claims: casualty figures, targets hit, and strategic aims. Verifying such claims requires cross-checking multiple…