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South Korea investigates alleged fuel shipments to Russia as tensions with Ukraine deepen

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 12 25 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 8 Oct 06:44 UTC · South Korea investigates fuel shipments to Russia, rejects Ukraine’s claim 8 Oct 12:19 UTC · South Korea investigates alleged fuel shipments to Russia as tensions with Ukraine deepen

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 2 HEADLINES

  1. 8 Oct, 06:44 UTC

    South Korea investigates fuel shipments to Russia, rejects Ukraine’s claim

  2. 8 Oct, 12:19 UTC

    South Korea investigates alleged fuel shipments to Russia as tensions with Ukraine deepen

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Donald Trump · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.

Figures reported with different numbers

  • metric tons: 60,000 (1 from 6 Oct 13:01) → 400,000 (1 from 6 Oct 13:01) → 176,000 (1 from 6 Oct 23:19) → 368,000 (1 from 6 Oct 23:19) → 172,000 (1 from 6 Oct 23:19) → 57,000 (1 from 6 Oct 23:19) → 11,000 (1 from 6 Oct 23:19) → 26,000 (1 from 6 Oct 23:19)
  • tons fuel: 150,000 (1 from 6 Oct 09:13) → 176,000 (4 from 6 Oct 13:01) → 11,000 (1 from 6 Oct 13:01)
  • tonnes fuel: 150,000 (1 from 5 Oct 23:50) → 11,000 (1 from 5 Oct 23:50) → 26,000 (1 from 5 Oct 23:50) → 176,000 (2 from 6 Oct 06:01)
  • tons petroleum: 368,000 (1 from 6 Oct 13:01) → 176,000 (2 from 6 Oct 17:25)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.