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What Russians are told — and not told — about Ukrainian strikes

by Andrii Sukharyna

On the night of Sept. 12, Ukrainian drones attacked Taganrog. Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) reported hits on an FPV drone production facility, two drone storage sites, a Pantsir air defense system, and a radar. Local authorities, as usual, listed something else: 16 commercial buildings, five cars, a football club, and a Svetofor store. Regional social media channels summed it up in a single sentence about "drone debris" that set a store and several non-residential buildings on fire. Under

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What Russians are told — and not told — about Ukrainian strikes

On the night of Sept. 12, Ukrainian drones attacked Taganrog. Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) reported hits on an FPV drone production facility, two drone storage sites, a Pantsir air defense system, and a radar. Local authorities, as usual, listed something else: 16 commercial buildings, five cars, a football club, and a Svetofor store. Regional social media channels summed it up in a single sentence about "drone debris" that set a store and several non-residential buildings on fire. Under

A woman rides on a bus as smoke rises near oil refinery in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 20, 2026.

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