Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
23
World
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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A major bridge in Kyiv has been targeted by Russian strikes for the second day in a row, coinciding with a surprise visit from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's to the city.
The Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge was hit on Sunday morning, a day after it was first struck by drones in an attack that damaged the road surface and led to traffic disruption.
Kyiv Major Vitali Klitschko said Sunday's strike had also damaged a heating main, adding that there would be a temporary lack of hot water in the north-eastern Desnyanskyi district as a result.
Major bridges have been targeted in Kyiv over the past four days as Moscow ramps up attacks on critical infrastructure in the capital.
asserted
Moscow → publish → capital
Unverified video footage of Sunday's strike shows cars moving on the bridge as a drone crashes into it before exploding, creating a ball of fire.
uncertain
drone → show → fire
A cloud of black smoke can be seen rising above the bridge.
asserted
cloud → see → bridge
Klitschko reported the strike on Telegram, writing: "Hitting the roadway on the North Bridge.
asserted
Klitschko → report → Bridge
As emergency services responded to the incident, Germany's Merz reaffirmed his country's support for Ukraine and pledged further assistance to bolster Ukrainian air defences.
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Merz → respond → defences
He wrote on X: "Ukraine is facing decisive weeks.
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Ukraine → write → weeks
That is why I travelled to Kyiv today with the message: You can rely on us.
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You → travel → us
Germany's security also depends on the outcome of this war.
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security → depend → war
That is why we are helping out of our own self-interest as well.
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we → help → interest
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The first Russian strike on the Northern Bridge took place on Saturday, injuring two people and damaging the road surface and overhead trolleybus wires, Klitschko said.
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Klitschko → take → surface
Just days before, the Pivdennyi (Southern) Bridge was hit multiple times by Russian drones.
asserted
Bridge → hit → drones
Russia said its drones had hit the two bridges used to transfer Ukrainian troops and military cargo.
asserted
drones → say → troops
It also repeated a warning for foreign citizens, including diplomats, to leave Kyiv.
asserted
citizens → repeat → Kyiv
The Pivdennyi and Pivnichnyi bridges across the Dnipro River link the western and eastern parts of the capital and had not been hit before Thursday.
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bridges → link → Thursday
Earlier attacks on the Pivdennyi Bridge prompted Kyiv's defence council to hold a crisis meeting on Friday.
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attacks → prompt → Friday
Klitschko warned that the city was now in a "very dramatic situation" as Moscow was battering its "critical infrastructure, logistics, housing" and other key facilities.
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Moscow → warn → infrastructure
Experts say Russian drones are unlikely to bring down the bridges - but repeated attacks will force their closure and risk weakening their structure, making them unusable.
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them → say → structure
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia is acting in response to Ukraine's strikes on Russian energy facilities, despite the fact that it was Moscow that had first launched such attacks.
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that → say → attacks
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Russia → launch → 2022
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