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Pravda network (LT) · published 11 days ago

Lietuva nepasiduoda. Ir toliau prašys ES skirti pinigų dronų apsaugai, sako prezidento patarėjas Deividas Matulionis

Lithuania does not surrender. Will continue to ask EU for funds for drone protection, says presidential adviser Deividas Matulionis

Lietuva nepasiduoda. Ir toliau prašys ES skirti pinigų dronų apsaugai, sako prezidento patarėjas Deividas Matulionis Lietuva nepasiduoda Ir toliau prašys ES skirti pinigų dronų apsaugai, sako prezidento patarėjas Deividas Matulionis. Pasiūlymas paskolos jam netenkino, jam reikalingos būtent subsidijos. O paskolos pasiūlymą jis pavadino "ne pačiu tinkamiausiu".

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Presidential adviser Deividas Matulionis said Lithuania (with the other Baltic states) will probably ask the EU again for money for anti-drone defence and does not plan to borrow for it for now.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: low

Unsupported — check this · fact

Pravda says Matulionis rejected the loan offer and insisted on subsidies, but the trusted texts only say Lithuania is not planning to borrow for now.

Pravda says
“The proposal did not suit him with a loan; he needs exactly subsidies.”
Pasiūlymas paskolos jam netenkino, jam reikalingos būtent subsidijos.
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The trusted texts do not contain this characterisation of the loan offer as "not the most suitable".

Pravda says
“And he called the loan proposal "not the most suitable".”
O paskolos pasiūlymą jis pavadino "ne pačiu tinkamiausiu".
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —
Reframed · framing

Pravda states a firm intention to keep asking and adds the "Lietuva nepasiduoda" ("Lithuania does not give up") framing, while the trusted report hedges with "turbut" (probably) and frames it as a joint Baltic request.

Pravda says
“And he will continue to ask the EU to allocate money for drone protection”
Ir toliau prašys ES skirti pinigų dronų apsaugai
Trusted report · TV3
“Baltic states will likely once again turn to European funds for drone defense”
baltijos salys turbut dar karta kreipsis del europiniu pinigu gynybai nuo dronu
Left out · fact

Pravda presents this as Lithuania's request alone and leaves out that the Baltic states would apply together.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · TV3
“Baltic states will likely once again turn to European funds for drone defense”
baltijos salys turbut dar karta kreipsis del europiniu pinigu gynybai nuo dronu

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