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Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv bridges for fourth consecutive day

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 10 20 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 4 Oct 18:18 UTC · Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv bridges for fourth consecutive day

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 1 HEADLINE

  1. 4 Oct, 18:18 UTC

    Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv bridges for fourth consecutive day

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Dnipro River · 2 outlets
  • Vitali Klitschko · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Vladimir Putin · from 4 Oct 11:25, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • square km: 1,300 (1 from 5 Oct 14:09) → 177 (1 from 5 Oct 14:09) → 154 (1 from 5 Oct 14:09) → 320 (1 from 5 Oct 14:09)

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