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Ukrainian forces attack minibus on Novorossiya highway in DPR

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What to know about Ukrainian forces attack minibus on Novorossiya highway in DPR

Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People's Republic, reported that Ukrainian forces attacked a minibus on the Novorossiya highway, resulting in the death of the driver.

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What happened

Ukrainian forces attacked a minibus on the Novorossiya highway in the Mangushsky district of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), killing the driver, DPR head Denis Pushilin said.

Why it matters

"A man born in 1999, the driver of a minibus, was killed in an attack on the R-280 Novorossiya highway in the Mangushsky district.

Common ground

I offer my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased," he wrote on Max.

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Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People's Republic, reported that Ukrainian forces attacked a minibus on the Novorossiya highway, resulting in the death of the driver.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Ukrainian forces attacked a minibus on the Novorossiya highway in the Mangushsky district of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR)”
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Multiple web search results, including reports from TASS and other news snippets, confirm that Ukrainian forces attacked a minibus on the Novorossiya highway in the Mangushsky district of the DPR.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukrainian forces attacked a minibus on the Novorossiya highway in the Mangushsky district of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), killing the driver, DPR head Denis Pushilin said.
https://tass.com/emergencies/2175333
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web search NEUTRAL — The R-280 highway, which the occupiers call "Novorossiya," connects Russia's Rostov-on-Don with annexed Crimea via occupied Mariupol and Melitopol. This is the so-called "land corridor" to Crimea, whi…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRZ5lfqjI1c
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukrainian forces attacked a minibus on the Novorossiya highway in the Mangushsky district of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), killing the driver, DPR head Denis Pushilin said.
http://ecoruspace.ru/index.php?action=view&id_news=156917749
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Claim 2: “DPR head Denis Pushilin said”
CORROBORATED
Multiple sources confirm that Denis Pushilin is the head of the DPR and that he reported the attack on the minibus.
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web search NEUTRAL — Denis Vladimirovich Pushilin is a pro-Russian politician who was elected the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic in 2018, and has held the position since then, including after the Russian annexation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Pushilin
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web search NEUTRAL — This is not the first time Donetsk, the capital of the Donetsk People’s Republic, has come under such attacks, Denis Pushilin said.
https://tass.com/politics/2179371
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web search NEUTRAL — The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, reported on the battle of the Republic's popular forces with Ukrainian troops near the border with Russia. According to Pushi…
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/pushilin:-ukrai…
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Claim 3: “killing the driver”
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The death of the driver is explicitly mentioned in multiple search results reporting on the attack on the Novorossiya highway.
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web search NEUTRAL — Novorossiya Governorate in 1800 within the Russian Empire.Novorossiya[nb 1] is a historical name, used during the era of the Russian Empire for an administrative area that later became the southern ma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novorossiya
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukrainian forces attacked a minibus on the Novorossiya highway in the Mangushsky district of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), killing the driver, DPR head Denis Pushilin said.
https://tass.com/emergencies/2175333
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web search NEUTRAL — The KAMAZ driver was killed. Several vehicles transporting apartment blocks for facilities in Henichesk were also damaged. The section of the highway is currently closed. Specialists are conducting mi…
https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/05/29/2337262.html
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Claim 4: “A man born in 1999, the driver of a minibus, was killed”
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While the attack and the death of the driver are corroborated, the specific detail that the driver was born in 1999 appears in only one of the provided search result snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — List of bus attacks Bus attacks are a crime in which passengers and/or drivers of a bus are targeted, oftentimes in an act of terrorism. [1] The high frequency of bus attacks are attributed to the eas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bus_attacks
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web search NEUTRAL — The following is a list of terrorist attacks and arrests that have been connected to or have been claimed in reliable sources to be inspired by the Islamic State (IS), also known by other names.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_li…
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web search NEUTRAL — "A man born in 1999, the driver of a minibus, was killed in an attack on the R-280 Novorossiya highway in the Mangushsky district.
https://tass.com/emergencies/2175333
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.