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Ukraine Says Starlink Service Restored After SpaceX Restricted Drone Use

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 22 44 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 17 Oct 00:15 UTC · Trump Denies Role in Restrictions on Ukraine’s Starshield Service 23 Oct 14:30 UTC · Ukraine Reports Starlink Limits Persist Despite Trump Claim of Restoration 23 Oct 18:18 UTC · Ukraine Reports Continued Starlink Limits as Trump Denies Calling Musk 24 Oct 00:14 UTC · Trump Says He Will Contact Musk if Ukraine’s Starshield Restrictions Persist 24 Oct 06:14 UTC · Trump says he will contact Musk if Ukraine’s Starshield restrictions persist 24 Oct 12:17 UTC · Ukraine reports continued Starshield restrictions as Trump disputes call to Musk 24 Oct 18:15 UTC · Ukraine reports continued Starlink restrictions as Trump says he may contact Musk 26 Oct 00:19 UTC · Ukraine Says Starlink Service Restored After SpaceX Restricted Drone Use

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 8 HEADLINES

  1. 17 Oct, 00:15 UTC

    Trump Denies Role in Restrictions on Ukraine’s Starshield Service

  2. 23 Oct, 14:30 UTC

    Ukraine Reports Starlink Limits Persist Despite Trump Claim of Restoration

  3. 23 Oct, 18:18 UTC

    Ukraine Reports Continued Starlink Limits as Trump Denies Calling Musk

  4. 24 Oct, 00:14 UTC

    Trump Says He Will Contact Musk if Ukraine’s Starshield Restrictions Persist

  5. 24 Oct, 06:14 UTC

    Trump says he will contact Musk if Ukraine’s Starshield restrictions persist

  6. 24 Oct, 12:17 UTC

    Ukraine reports continued Starshield restrictions as Trump disputes call to Musk

  7. 24 Oct, 18:15 UTC

    Ukraine reports continued Starlink restrictions as Trump says he may contact Musk

  8. 26 Oct, 00:19 UTC

    Ukraine Says Starlink Service Restored After SpaceX Restricted Drone Use

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Elon Musk · 16 outlets
  • Donald Trump · 12 outlets
  • Vladimir Putin · 6 outlets
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy · 5 outlets
  • Volodymyr Zelensky · 4 outlets
  • Thom Tillis · 4 outlets
  • Steve Witkoff · 2 outlets
  • Jared Kushner · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Volodymyr Zelenskiy · from 16 Oct 20:45, 2 outlets
  • Capitol Hill · from 16 Oct 22:20, 2 outlets
  • 100 miles hour · from 19 Oct 18:50, 2 outlets
  • Xi Jinping · from 23 Oct 17:03, 2 outlets