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Russia and Ukraine Trade Major Strikes After Witkoff-Putin Talks

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 41 82 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 29 Oct 30 Oct 21 Oct 12:09 UTC · Witkoff meets Putin in St. Petersburg after Ukraine talks in Oslo 21 Oct 18:12 UTC · Witkoff praises Putin during Ukraine talks, drawing backlash from US lawmakers 22 Oct 00:09 UTC · Witkoff faces backlash after calling Putin a ‘humanitarian’ 22 Oct 06:08 UTC · Witkoff Faces Backlash After Calling Putin a ‘Humanitarian’ During Ukraine Talks 22 Oct 12:10 UTC · Putin frees American as US pushes renewed Ukraine talks 22 Oct 18:10 UTC · Russia and Ukraine Trade Strikes After Witkoff-Putin Talks 23 Oct 14:14 UTC · Russia and Ukraine Trade Major Strikes After Witkoff-Putin Talks 24 Oct 06:12 UTC · Russia and Ukraine Trade Major Strikes After US Envoy’s Talks With Putin 24 Oct 12:16 UTC · Russia and Ukraine Trade Major Strikes After Witkoff-Putin Talks

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 9 HEADLINES

  1. 21 Oct, 12:09 UTC

    Witkoff meets Putin in St. Petersburg after Ukraine talks in Oslo

  2. 21 Oct, 18:12 UTC

    Witkoff praises Putin during Ukraine talks, drawing backlash from US lawmakers

  3. 22 Oct, 00:09 UTC

    Witkoff faces backlash after calling Putin a ‘humanitarian’

  4. 22 Oct, 06:08 UTC

    Witkoff Faces Backlash After Calling Putin a ‘Humanitarian’ During Ukraine Talks

  5. 22 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    Putin frees American as US pushes renewed Ukraine talks

  6. 22 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    Russia and Ukraine Trade Strikes After Witkoff-Putin Talks

  7. 23 Oct, 14:14 UTC

    Russia and Ukraine Trade Major Strikes After Witkoff-Putin Talks

  8. 24 Oct, 06:12 UTC

    Russia and Ukraine Trade Major Strikes After US Envoy’s Talks With Putin

  9. 24 Oct, 12:16 UTC

    Russia and Ukraine Trade Major Strikes After Witkoff-Putin Talks

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Vladimir Putin · 18 outlets
  • Steve Witkoff · 17 outlets
  • Stephen Hubbard · 11 outlets
  • Donald Trump · 11 outlets
  • St Petersburg · 8 outlets
  • Jared Kushner · 7 outlets
  • Volodymyr Zelensky · 4 outlets
  • Abu Dhabi · 3 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Thom Tillis · from 21 Oct 17:00, 3 outlets
  • Dmitry Peskov · from 21 Oct 23:52, 2 outlets
  • Vitali Klitschko · from 22 Oct 04:57, 2 outlets
  • Sergei Sobyanin · from 22 Oct 04:57, 2 outlets