🗞️ Story file #631
Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russia; Trump criticizes Zelensky's negotiation role
Oct 19, 5 AM ET to Oct 19, 7 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
- 18outlets carried it
- 🫏10 · 3 · 4🐘left · center · right
- 14 hourson the front pages
- 17front pages at once, at its peak
- 3 minof TV captions
- 8people retold it online
- 2 of 2parts of a saga
👣 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.
- Oct 19, 5 AM ETfirst on a front page: CBS News
- Oct 19, 5 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN
- Oct 19, 9 AM ETretold online by 8 people
- Oct 19, 5 PM ETpeak: on 17 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
💬 quoted: “somebody else” 3 “has been fine on Ukraine” “Russia away from the bargaining table,” “Will Not Be Able To Stand” “doesn't want to end this war”
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 trump slams
✏️ 4 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- Bloomberg (2 wordings): “Zelenskyy Says Trump Is Pushing Ukraine, Not Putin to Yield” → “Zelenskyy Says Trump Is Pushing Ukraine, Not Putin, to Yield”
- CNN (2 wordings): “Trump slams Zelensky after Ukraine defies demand to stop hitting Russian oil Ukraine launched a massive drone strike after Trump said he doesn't want to drive Russia from talks” → “Analysis by Tim Lister Trump suggests ‘somebody else’ should negotiate for Ukraine as tensions with Zelensky escalate”
- New York Post (3 wordings): ““I think it’s time for somebody else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine,” Trump said in a blistering takedown of Zelensky.” → “Trump again blows up on Zelensky, insists Russia ‘has been fine on Ukraine’”
- Washington Examiner (5 wordings): “Trump says Zelensky ‘doesn’t want to end this war’ and defends Russia strategy” → “Trump calls on ‘somebody else’ to negotiate for Ukraine”
Every outlet's first headline (18), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
Zelenskyy Gives Trump A Grave Warning: Ukraine ‘Will Not Be Able To Stand’ Oct 18, 9 PM ET
Raw Story
Zelenskyy scolds Trump as he defies president on world stage Oct 18, 9 AM ET
The Guardian
Trump slams Zelenskyy amid Russia sanctions rift and says ‘somebody else’ should negotiate for Ukraine Oct 19, 5 PM ET
CBS News
Trump says Zelenskyy doesn't want to end Russia's war on Ukraine Oct 19, 5 AM ET
CNBC
Ukraine hits Russia with 1,000 drones; Trump-Zelenskyy spat continues Oct 18, 6 PM ET
CNN
Trump slams Zelensky after Ukraine defies demand to stop hitting Russian oil Ukraine launched a massive drone strike after Trump said he doesn't want to drive Russia from talks Oct 18, 10 PM ET
NBC News
Trump says Zelenskyy should not negotiate on behalf of Ukraine Oct 19, 4 PM ET
New York Times
Trump Is Pushing Ukraine to Surrender to Russia, Zelensky Says Oct 19, 9 AM ET
The Independent
Ukraine launches 1,000-drone attack after Trump accuses Zelensky of prolonging war Oct 19, 9 AM ET
Yahoo News
Trump rebukes Zelensky after Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russia Oct 18, 11 PM ET
Bloomberg
Zelenskyy Says Trump Is Pushing Ukraine, Not Putin to Yield Oct 19, 5 AM ET
Reuters
Trump says Zelenskiy should get somebody else to negotiate to end war Oct 19, 6 PM ET
Scripps News
Europe Ukraine defies Trump and launches one of its biggest attacks on Russia this year Tim Lister and Daria Tarasova-Markina Oct 18, 1 PM ET
The Epoch Times
Trump Says Ukraine War Won’t Be Settled Unless Zelenskyy Leaves Office Oct 16, 8 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Trump says Zelensky ‘doesn’t want to end this war’ and defends Russia strategy Oct 18, 8 PM ET
New York Post
“I think it’s time for somebody else to negotiate on behalf of Ukraine,” Trump said in a blistering takedown of Zelensky. Oct 19, 5 PM ET- OAN Trump says he doesn’t want to drive ‘Russia away from the bargaining table,’ signals progress in Russia-Ukraine War negotiations Oct 18, 7 PM ET
RFE/RL
Russia Pounds Ukraine With Missiles And Hundreds Of Drones Oct 17, 4 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- Trump: Zelensky 'doesn't want to end war' BBC News, 71 s
- TRUMP CLAIMS ZELENSKY "DOESN'T WANT TO END THIS WAR" CNN, 70 s
- TRUMP SLAMS ZELENSKY CNN, 27 s
- ZELENSKY: U.S. SIDING WITH RUSSIA WOULD BE "HISTORIC MISTAKE" CNN, 24 s
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
🧶 Retold online
- Donald Trump claimed that Ukraine has lost its oceans and seas. Oct 19: told by 8 people (same issue)
On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.
🗣️ names in it: Ukraine Russia Volodymyr Zelenskyy Donald Trump Russia-Ukraine War
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🧵 Persistence
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🧵 Zelenskyy Warns Trump on Ukraine
Zelenskyy warns U.S. backing Russia would be a historic mistake
Oct 19, 7 AM ET
Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russia; Trump criticizes Zelensky's negotiation role (this story)
Oct 19, 5 AM ET