{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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The civilians were forced to travel through a gas pipeline approximately 10 kilometers long. Ukrainian forces detected the group but did not fire to avoid harming the civilians.","category":"Conflict & Security","area":"Ukraine","publishedAt":"2026-09-28T17:25:11.715Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-28T16:38:56.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-28T17:25:11.715Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":50,"critic":65,"hype":45,"notes":{"trust":"Central claim attributed to named body, with video evidence provided by one outlet.","critic":"Reporting is clear, but lacks quotes from affected parties or opposing views.","hype":"Headline promises more than the body delivers, with some loaded adjectives used."}},"tags":["#HumanShields","#WarCrimes","#Ukraine","#Russia","#Kupiansk","#KharkivRegion"],"entities":["Russian troops","Ukrainian civilians","Kupiansk","Khartiia Corps","Andrii Sybiha"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Russian troops kidnapped nine Ukrainian civilians, including children and the elderly, to use as human shields during their retreat near Kupiansk.","The civilians were forced to travel through a gas pipeline approximately 10 kilometers long.","Ukrainian forces detected the group but did not fire to avoid harming the civilians.","Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stated that these actions constitute war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Russian troops kidnapped nine Ukrainian civilians, including children and the elderly, to use as human shields during their retreat near Kupiansk. The civilians were forced to travel through a gas pipeline approximately 10 kilometers long. Ukrainian forces detected the group but did not fire to avoid harming the civilians. The Ukrainian Khartiia Corps released drone footage documenting the incident. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stated that these actions constitute war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on details of the incident"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Digi 24 reported that the Russian soldiers were disguised in civilian clothes and that one of them appeared to be filming the civilians with a mobile phone. The outlet also suggested that the Russians might present the action as a humanitarian evacuation. Kyiv Post stated that the identities of the men accompanying the civilians could not be confirmed from the footage alone, though the corps suspected they were Russian soldiers who had removed their uniforms. The same outlet noted that Russian forces had previously used the pipeline to move troops toward the city."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated digests mention the specific date of September 27 for the incident. The right-rated digest does not mention Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha's statement that the actions constitute war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"UNN","url":"https://unn.ua/news/tsyvilne-naselennia-ne-mozhe-vykorystovuvatysia-yak-instrument-viiny-sybiha-pro-vykradennia-tsyvilnykh-na-kupianshchyni","headline":"Civilians Cannot Be Used as a Tool of War - Sibiga on the Abduction of Civilians in Kupyansk Region","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-28T17:53:26.052Z"},{"sourceName":"Noticias ao Minuto","url":"https://noticiasaominuto.com/mundo/3058549/ucrania-kiev-denuncia-rapto-de-nove-civis-por-grupo-de-sabotagem-russo-em-kupiansk","headline":"Kyiv Reports Abduction of 9 Civilians by Russian Sabotage Group in Kupiansk","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-28T17:10:52.000Z"},{"sourceName":"15min.lt","url":"https://15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/pasaulis/rusai-isbande-nauja-taktika-is-vamzdzio-netiketai-islindo-visai-ne-tie-57-2773190","headline":"The Russians Tried a New Tactic: the Wrong People Unexpectedly Emerged From the Pipe","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-28T17:05:27.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Digi 24","url":"https://digi24.ro/stiri/externe/kievul-declara-ca-un-grup-rusesc-de-sabotaj-a-folosit-in-timpul-retragerii-civili-ucraineni-drept-scut-uman-3968263","headline":"Kiev Declares that a Russian Sabotage Group Used Ukrainian Civilians as a Human Shield During the Retreat","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-28T16:38:56.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Adevarul","url":"https://adevarul.ro/stiri-externe/europa/imagini-cutremuratoare-un-grup-rusesc-de-sabotaj-2560379.html","headline":"Shocking Images. 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