DEVELOPING · 18 SEP → 20 SEP 2026 · 3 EDITIONS · 5 OUTLETS

Russia holds parliamentary elections in occupied Ukrainian regions amid Ukrainian drone attacks

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

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 5 HEADLINES

2026-09-19
Russia holds parliamentary elections amid ongoing conflict in Ukraine
2026-09-19
Russia holds parliamentary elections amid ongoing conflict with Ukraine
2026-09-20
Russia Conducts Parliamentary Vote in Occupied Ukrainian Regions
2026-09-20
Russia holds parliamentary elections in occupied Ukrainian regions
2026-09-20
Russia holds parliamentary elections in occupied Ukrainian regions amid Ukrainian drone attacks

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

Vladimir Putin · 4 outlets
11 time zones · 2 outlets
Volodymyr Zelenskyy · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

Nothing new took hold after the first third.