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🗞️ Story file #314

Russian attacks kill 15 in Ukraine after diesel deal with Trump

Oct 10, 9 AM ET to Oct 11, 1 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

  1. Oct 10, 9 AM ETfirst on a front page: HuffPost
  2. Oct 10, 12 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
  3. Oct 10, 2 PM ETpeak: on 10 front pages
  4. Oct 11, 3 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN

📰 Spread

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Oct 10, 12 PM6 PMOct 116 AM12 PM510leftcenterrightnot rated
Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 10, 9 AM to Oct 11, 1 PM ET (peak 10), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right · not rated
Oct 10, 6 AM12 PM6 PMOct 116 AM12 PMNewsmaxNewsmaxNewsmax, Oct 10, 5:00 AM ET: Russian Attacks Kill 7 in Ukraine after Trump Strikes Diesel Deal with PutinNewsmax, Oct 10, 10:00 AM ET: Russian Attacks Kill 17 in Ukraine After Diesel DealNewsmax, Oct 10, 10:00 AM ET: Russian Attacks Kill 15 in Ukraine After Diesel DealNewsmax, Oct 11, 6:00 AM ET: Russian Attacks Kill 17 in Ukraine After Trump Strikes Diesel Deal With PutinRFE/RLRadio Free Europe Radio LibertyRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Oct 10, 7:00 AM ET: Russian Strike Kills At Least 11, Including 3 Children, In Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya, Kyiv SaysJust the NewsJust the NewsJust the News, Oct 10, 8:00 AM ET: Russian strikes kill 11 people, injure 16 others, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia regionBloombergBloombergBloomberg, Oct 10, 8:00 AM ET: Russia Drops Deadly Bombs on Ukraine Homes After US Diesel DealHuffPostHuffPostHuffPost, Oct 10, 9:00 AM ET: Russian Attacks Kill 15 In Ukraine After Trump Strikes Diesel Deal With PutinHuffPost, Oct 10, 11:00 AM ET: Russian Attacks Kill 17 In Ukraine After Trump Strikes Diesel Deal With PutinAPAPAP, Oct 10, 9:00 AM ET: Russian attacks kill 12 in Ukraine after Trump strikes diesel deal with PutinAP, Oct 10, 10:00 AM ET: Russian attacks kill 15 in Ukraine after Trump strikes diesel deal with PutinAP, Oct 10, 1:00 PM ET: Russian attacks kill 17 in Ukraine after Trump strikes diesel deal with PutinCBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News, Oct 10, 9:00 AM ET: Russian strikes kill 15 in Ukraine after Trump gets diesel deal with MoscowCBS News, Oct 10, 1:00 PM ET: Russian strikes kill 20 in Ukraine after Trump gets diesel deal with MoscowReutersReutersReuters, Oct 10, 9:00 AM ET: Russian attack on Ukrainian city kills 12, a day after Trump eases diesel sanctions on MoscowReuters, Oct 10, 1:00 PM ET: Russian attack on Ukrainian city kills 17, a day after Trump eases diesel sanctions on MoscowReuters, Oct 10, 2:02 PM ET: Russian attack on Ukrainian city kills 20, a day after Trump eases diesel sanctions on MoscowThe GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, Oct 10, 11:00 AM ET: Ukraine hit by deadly Russian strikes as ‘thanks’ for Trump diesel deal, Zelenskyy saysLos Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times, Oct 10, 2:02 PM ET: Russian attacks kill 20 in Ukraine after Trump strikes diesel deal with Putin📺 TVCNN, 3:09 AM ET: ZAPORIZHZHIA REELING FROM ATTACK THAT KILLED 11 PEOPLECNN, 3:10 AM ET: ZAPORIZHZHIA REELING FROM ATTACK THAT KILLED 11 PEOPLECNN, 5:16 AM ET: ZAPORIZHZHIA REELING FROM ATTACK THAT KILLED 11 PEOPLECNN, 5:51 AM ET: ZELENSKY SETS CONDITIONS TO END STRIKES ON RUSSIAN REFINERIESBBC News, 6:07 AM ET: Ukraine ready to halt Russian refinery strikesBBC News, 6:08 AM ET: Ukraine ready to halt Russian refinery strikesBBC News, 6:12 AM ET: Ukraine ready to halt Russian refinery strikesBBC News, 6:13 AM ET: Ukraine ready to halt Russian refinery strikesBBC News, 6:14 AM ET: Ukraine ready to halt Russian refinery strikesBBC News, 7:11 AM ET: Ukraine ready to halt Russian refinery strikesBBC News, 8:08 AM ET: Ukraine ready to halt Russian refinery strikesBBC News, 8:09 AM ET: Ukraine ready to halt Russian refinery strikesBBC News, 8:10 AM ET: Ukraine ready to halt Russian refinery strikesBBC News, 8:11 AM ET: Ukraine ready to halt Russian refinery strikesBBC News, 9:10 AM ET: Zelensky: de-escalation must be mutualBBC News, 9:12 AM ET: Zelensky: de-escalation must be mutualBBC News, 10:00 AM ET: Zelensky's message for PutinBBC News, 10:11 AM ET: Zelensky: Will hold elections if Putin agrees to ceasefireBBC News, 10:12 AM ET: Zelensky: Will hold elections if Putin agrees to ceasefireBBC News, 10:13 AM ET: Zelensky: Will hold elections if Putin agrees to ceasefireMSNOW, 10:57 AM ET: TRUMP CLAIMS "ENERGY CEASEFIRE IN RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR" LIVE 10:00 AM CONNECT | Tarnh QaharnffMSNOW, 10:57 AM ET: TRUMP CLAIMS "ENERGY CEASEFIRE IN RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR"BBC News, 12:01 PM ET: Axios: Zelensky says Trump ceasefire post 'news for him'BBC News, 12:01 PM ET: Trump: Russia & Ukraine agree to 'energy ceasefire'BBC News, 12:02 PM ET: Axios: Zelensky says Trump ceasefire post 'news for him'BBC News, 12:03 PM ET: Trump: Russia & Ukraine agree to 'energy ceasefire'BBC News, 12:03 PM ET: Axios: Zelensky says Trump ceasefire post 'news for him'BBC News, 12:04 PM ET: Trump: Russia & Ukraine agree to 'energy ceasefire'BBC News, 12:05 PM ET: Zelenskyy 'awaiting details' of energy ceasefireBBC News, 12:05 PM ET: Trump: Russia & Ukraine agree to 'energy ceasefire'BBC News, 12:06 PM ET: Zelenskyy 'awaiting details' of energy ceasefireBBC News, 12:07 PM ET: Zelenskyy 'awaiting details' of energy ceasefireBBC News, 12:10 PM ET: Zelenskyy 'awaiting details' of energy ceasefireMSNOW, 12:32 PM ET: 3 IN MIDTERMS FROMBBC News, 1:00 PM ET: Ukraine energy ceasefireCNN, 1:02 PM ET: The costs and contradictions of America's war with IranFox News, 1:02 PM ET: TRUMP ANNOUNCES RUSSIA-UKRAINE ENERGY CEASEFIRECNN, 1:03 PM ET: The costs and contradictions of America's war with IranCNN, 1:08 PM ET: The costs and contradictions of America's war with Iran📻 radioNPR News Now, Oct 11, 1:10 PM ET: the leadNPR News Now, Oct 11, 10:09 AM ET: story 3 of 6NPR News Now, Oct 10, 7:10 PM ET: the leadNPR News Now, Oct 10, 12:09 PM ET: story 5 of 7
Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 4 outlets ran the AP, Reuters headline nearly word for word (CBS News, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, Newsmax)

💬 quoted: “thanks”

✏️ 5 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
  • AP (3 wordings): “Russian attacks kill 12 in Ukraine after Trump strikes diesel deal with Putin” → “Russian attacks kill 17 in Ukraine after Trump strikes diesel deal with Putin”
  • CBS News (2 wordings): “Russian strikes kill 15 in Ukraine after Trump gets diesel deal with Moscow” → “Russian strikes kill 20 in Ukraine after Trump gets diesel deal with Moscow”
  • HuffPost (2 wordings): “Russian Attacks Kill 15 In Ukraine After Trump Strikes Diesel Deal With Putin” → “Russian Attacks Kill 17 In Ukraine After Trump Strikes Diesel Deal With Putin”
  • Newsmax (4 wordings): “Russian Attacks Kill 7 in Ukraine after Trump Strikes Diesel Deal with Putin” → “Russian Attacks Kill 17 in Ukraine After Trump Strikes Diesel Deal With Putin”
  • Reuters (3 wordings): “Russian attack on Ukrainian city kills 12, a day after Trump eases diesel sanctions on Moscow” → “Russian attack on Ukrainian city kills 20, a day after Trump eases diesel sanctions on Moscow”
Every outlet's first headline (10), left to right by AllSides rating

📡 Broadcast

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News18 min
CNN4 min
MSNOW36 s
Fox News32 s
  • Ukraine ready to halt Russian refinery strikes BBC News, 5 min
  • Zelenskyy 'awaiting details' of energy ceasefire BBC News, 3 min
  • Trump: Russia & Ukraine agree to 'energy ceasefire' BBC News, 3 min
  • Zelensky: Will hold elections if Putin agrees to ceasefire BBC News, 3 min
  • Axios: Zelensky says Trump ceasefire post 'news for him' BBC News, 2 min
  • The costs and contradictions of America's war with Iran CNN, 2 min
  • ZAPORIZHZHIA REELING FROM ATTACK THAT KILLED 11 PEOPLE CNN, 2 min
  • Zelensky: de-escalation must be mutual BBC News, 79 s

📻 On the radio

  • NPR News Now, Oct 11, 1:10 PM ET: the lead
  • NPR News Now, Oct 11, 10:09 AM ET: story 3 of 6
  • NPR News Now, Oct 10, 7:10 PM ET: the lead
  • NPR News Now, Oct 10, 12:09 PM ET: story 5 of 7

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🎙️ 🎙️ Bloomberg News Now 🎙️ Reuters World News 🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast 📺 MeidasTouch 🎙️ Bloomberg News Now 🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast

🧶 Retelling

what people online made of it

🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.

🗣️ names in it: Russia Ukraine Donald Trump Putin Zaporizhzhia Moscow

🔎 Checking

what the fact-checkers looked into

🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.

🧵 Persistence

the running story it belongs to

🧵 Trump Russia Ukraine Energy Deal

  1. U.s.-russia talks include oil deal linked to trump allies

    Oct 3, 5 PM ET

  2. Trump criticizes Ukraine after attack on Russian diesel hub

    Oct 10, 2 PM ET

  3. Trump claims Ukraine and Russia agreed to energy ceasefire

    Oct 11, 11 AM ET

  4. Russian attacks kill 15 in Ukraine after diesel deal with Trump (this story)

    Oct 10, 9 AM ET

  5. Senators urge Trump to reverse Russian diesel plan

    Oct 12, 12 PM ET

  6. US threatens to suspend arms shipments to Ukraine over refinery attacks

    Oct 12, 3 PM ET

  7. Senator Tillis says trump's Russian diesel deal may be illegal

    Oct 12, 7 PM ET

  8. Russia continues energy strikes in Ukraine despite Trump's ceasefire claims

    Oct 12, 9 AM ET

  9. Uk prime minister Burnham pledges support to Zelenskyy

    Oct 14, 4 PM ET

  10. Zelenskyy says he feels betrayed after Trump’s diesel deal with Russia

    Oct 14, 6 PM ET

  11. Zelenskyy meets EU leaders as rift with Trump deepens

    Oct 16, 1 PM ET

  12. Trump's Russian diesel deal faces bipartisan backlash

    Oct 9, 4 PM ET