Chernobyl reactor shield hit by Russian drone, Ukraine says
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This really smells like something that directly stems from Trump Putin talks. Trump is basically going to come up with a shitty deal for Ukraine, and then try to strong-arm Europe and Ukraine into going along with it. This is just a way of saying " hey Europe, this can affect you too! You should totally pressure Ukraine into taking this shitty deal... cuz you wouldn't want something bad to happen, right? (Hint hint)"
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They probably a/b tested some headlines and this one got the most clicks.
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...but none of that pertains to the current situation.
Custodianship of the site is a duty inherited from Moscow at the fall of the Soviet Union. I would say in raising it without making that clear might cause a reader to blame Ukraine for it, and not the government of the nation they are fighting. Yes, Russia and the USSR are different entities, but it's clear Putin sees the USSR as a model to strive for.
Intentional or not, I saw it as prejudicing the reader against Ukraine with irrelevant information out of context.