The Guardian: South Korean fuel is reaching Russia; Seoul denies it
Place: South Korea — Russian Far EastRegion: Other regions of Russiaautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
The Guardian presents data on the shipments; Seoul, responding to a Ukrainian official who cited the article, calls such conclusions unverified and unacceptable. Russian sources in the sample do not cover the topic.
What Russia reports
no reports found
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Suspilne, citing Yonhap, quotes South Korean presidential spokeswoman Kang Yu-jung: the attempt by an official of Ukraine's Presidential Office, citing a Guardian article, to portray South Korea as helping ease Russia's fuel crisis "is untrue and unacceptable", since key details of the transactions have not been verified.
“не відповідає дійсності та є неприйнятним”
- Південна Корея заперечує постачання пального до Росії зі своїх портів — Suspilne, 7 October, 22:41
What independent sources report
automatic summary The Guardian, using port records and ship-tracking data, writes that in July and August more than 176 000 tonnes of fuel, mostly diesel, were loaded at South Korean ports onto seven tankers that made 14 voyages to Russia's Far East; three of the vessels are under UK and EU sanctions.
“Fuel is being shipped from South Korea to Russia via sanctioned tankers as Moscow scrambles for supplies amid the war in Ukraine”
- Fuel from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on — The Guardian, 6 October, 01:50
Confirmation
Confirmation: the sides contradict each other
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