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πŸ—žοΈ Story file #210

Russian strikes kill at least 24 in Ukraine

Oct 7, 7 PM ET to Oct 8, 2 PM ET

πŸ‘£ How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

  1. Oct 7, 7 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
  2. Oct 7, 7 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Epoch Times
  3. Oct 7, 11 PM ETpeak: on 8 front pages

πŸ“° Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 7, 9 PMOct 83 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM48leftcenterright
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 7, 7 PM to Oct 8, 2 PM ET (peak 8), by the outlets' lean: left Β· center Β· right
Oct 7, 12 PM6 PMOct 86 AM12 PMNew York PostNew York PostNew York Post, Oct 7, 8:00 AM ET: Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities have killed at least 19 civilians, including four children, and wounded 60.BBCBBCBBC, Oct 7, 11:00 AM ET: Zelensky condemns 'vile' large-scale Russian attacks that killed 24Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times, Oct 7, 12:00 PM ET: Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities kill at least 24 in a major attack that Kyiv saw comingReutersReutersReuters, Oct 7, 2:00 PM ET: At least 24 killed in Ukraine, Zelenskiy condemns one of Russia's most 'vile strikes'APAPAP, Oct 7, 3:00 PM ET: Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities kill at least 25 in a major attack that Kyiv saw comingNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 7, 3:00 PM ET: Russian Strikes on Ukrainian Cities Kill 25The Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times, Oct 7, 7:00 PM ET: Russian Strikes Kill At Least 24 in Ukraine Overnight, Ukrainian Officials SayThe GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, Oct 7, 11:00 PM ET: Zelenskyy condemns β€˜vile’ attacks from Russia that killed 20 in one apartmentπŸ“Ί TVBBC News, 7:00 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 24 people in UkraineBBC News, 7:01 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 24 people in UkraineBBC News, 7:03 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 24 people in UkraineBBC News, 8:20 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 24 people in UkraineBBC News, 8:22 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 24 people in UkraineBBC News, 9:08 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 44 people in UkraineBBC News, 9:08 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 44 people in UkraineBBC News, 9:09 PM ET: Zelensky condemns vile Russian attacks on UkraineBBC News, 9:09 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 44 people in UkraineBBC News, 9:09 PM ET: Zelensky condemns vile Russian attacks on UkraineBBC News, 9:09 PM ET: Zelensky condemns vile Russian attacks on UkraineBBC News, 9:10 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 44 people in UkraineBBC News, 10:07 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 44 people in UkraineBBC News, 10:07 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 44 people in UkraineBBC News, 10:08 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 44 people in UkraineBBC News, 10:08 PM ET: Zelensky condemns vile Russian attacks on UkraineBBC News, 10:08 PM ET: Zelensky condemns vile Russian attacks on UkraineBBC News, 10:09 PM ET: Zelensky condemns vile Russian attacks on UkraineBBC News, 11:08 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 44 people in UkraineBBC News, 11:08 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 44 people in UkraineBBC News, 11:09 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 44 people in UkraineBBC News, 11:10 PM ET: Russian attacks kill at least 44 people in Ukraine
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πŸ“‘ wire copy: 1 outlet ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (Los Angeles Times)

πŸ’¬ quoted: β€œvile” 3 β€œvile strikes” 2

πŸ—£οΈ only one side says: 🫏 kyiv saw coming 🫏 major attack

Every outlet's first headline (8), left to right by AllSides rating

πŸ“‘ Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

πŸ“Ί On TV

BBC News10 min
  • Russian attacks kill at least 44 people in Ukraine BBC News, 5 min
  • Russian attacks kill at least 24 people in Ukraine BBC News, 3 min
  • Zelensky condemns vile Russian attacks on Ukraine BBC News, 2 min

🧢 Retelling

what people online made of it

πŸ¦— Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

πŸ—£οΈ names in it: Russia Volodymyr Zelensky Kyiv Russian military Ukrainian military

πŸ”Ž Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧡 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧡 Russian strikes on Ukraine

  1. Russia strikes kyiv's northern bridge, drones cross into Moldova

    Oct 3, 8 AM ET

  2. Russian strikes kill at least 24 in Ukraine (this story)

    Oct 7, 7 PM ET

  3. Zelenskyy says Ukraine received no intelligence from partners about missiles headed to Kyiv

    Oct 13, 3 PM ET