Russia and Ukraine exchange strikes amid renewed peace talks

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Russia and Ukraine exchange strikes amid renewed peace talks

Oct 22, 7 AM ET to Oct 24, 1 AM ET

14outlets carried it
🫏7 · 4 · 3🐘left · center · right
1.7 dayson the front pages
14front pages at once, at its peak
86 minof TV captions
11radio newscasts
14people retold it online

👣 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.

Oct 22, 7 AM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
Oct 22, 7 AM ETfirst on TV: MSNOW
Oct 22, 8 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 23, 6 AM ETpeak: on 14 front pages
Oct 23, 8 AM ETretold online by 14 people

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 22, 7 AM to Oct 24, 1 AM ET (peak 14), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

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.

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Political Wire

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 ukraine's capital

✏️ 2 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (2 wordings): “Ukraine and Russia exchange major strikes on capital cities after peace talks” → “Russia fires waves of missiles at Kyiv after talks”
BBC (2 wordings): “Missiles hit Kyiv after Russia agrees to US call to resume Ukraine peace talks” → “Ukraine hit by strikes after Russia agrees to new peace talks”

Every outlet's first headline (14), left to right by AllSides rating

The Guardian Russia bombards Kyiv with missiles hours after agreeing to resume talks with Ukraine Oct 22, 7 AM ET
ABC News Ukraine and Russia exchange major strikes on capital cities after peace talks Oct 22, 7 AM ET
CNBC Russia and Ukraine trade fresh strikes despite renewed push for U.S.-brokered peace talks Oct 23, 6 AM ET
CNN Massive strikes hit Kyiv hours after Putin agrees to fresh peace talks Oct 22, 7 AM ET
NBC News Russia pounds Kyiv with missiles and drones, hours after agreeing to peace talks Oct 22, 7 AM ET
Semafor Russia, Ukraine launch overnight strikes Oct 22, 9 AM ET
Yahoo News Russia agrees to new Ukraine peace talks, then launches deadly attack on Kyiv Oct 22, 5 AM ET
BBC Missiles hit Kyiv after Russia agrees to US call to resume Ukraine peace talks Oct 21, 6 PM ET
Financial Times Russian missiles bombard Kyiv after Witkoff-Putin talks Oct 22, 3 AM ET
Newsweek Russia Launches Deadly Missile Barrage on Ukraine Hours After Putin-US Talks Oct 22, 6 AM ET
Reuters Russia pounds Kyiv, Ukraine launches drones, despite talk of renewing negotiations Oct 22, 7 AM ET
The Washington Times Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles even as Moscow promises further peace talks Oct 22, 1 PM ET
New York Post Russia pounds Ukraine’s capital with missiles and drones, hours after agreeing to peace talks Oct 22, 7 AM ET
Newsmax Russia Pounds Ukraine's Capital Kyiv with Missiles and Drones, Hours after Agreeing to Peace Talks Oct 22, 5 AM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News46 min

CNN35 min

MSNOW3 min

Fox News69 s

Russia launches fresh missile attack on Kyiv BBC News, 23 min
MASSIVE STRIKES HIT KYIV HOURS AFTER PUTIN AGREES TO FRESH PEACE TALKS CNN, 12 min
Russia strikes Ukraine despite looming peace talks BBC News, 6 min
Ukraine: 'Massive Russian strike' on port & ships BBC News, 5 min
Ukraine and Russia confirm Oleshky ceasefire BBC News, 5 min
Russia and Ukraine praise surprise US statement BBC News, 4 min
ZELENSKY: RUSSIA FIRED 3 MISSILES WITH CLUSTER WARHEADS AT KYIV CNN, 4 min
WHY TRUMP IS FURIOUS AT UKRAINE MSNOW, 3 min

📻 On the radio

NPR News Now, Oct 23, 12:09 PM ET: story 2 of 6
NPR News Now, Oct 23, 9:09 AM ET: story 3 of 6
ABC News Update, Oct 23, 3:32 AM ET: story 2 of 4
ABC News Update, Oct 22, 11:32 PM ET: story 2 of 4
ABC News Update, Oct 22, 9:32 PM ET: story 2 of 4
NPR News Now, Oct 22, 9:10 PM ET: the lead
NPR News Now, Oct 22, 2:13 PM ET: story 2 of 6
ABC News Update, Oct 22, 12:06 PM ET: story 4 of 7
ABC News Update, Oct 22, 10:32 AM ET: the lead
ABC News Update, Oct 22, 9:32 AM ET: story 3 of 4
NPR News Now, Oct 22, 8:09 AM ET: the lead

🎙️ Shows, investigators, satire

🎙️ 🎙️ BBC Global News Podcast 🎙️ CNN 5 Things 🎙️ Bloomberg News Now 🎙️ Bloomberg News Now

what people online made of it

🧩 How it's being told

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🧩 Peace in our time 🧶 online
“Russia launched waves of ballistic missiles at Kyiv, dampening hopes for peace talks.”

🧶 Retold online

Russia launched waves of ballistic missiles at Kyiv, dampening hopes for peace talks. Oct 23: told by 14 people; told before on Oct 22
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

🦋 a post on Bluesky · 219 likes, 24 reposts
🦋 a post on Bluesky · 126 likes, 49 reposts

On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.

🗣️ names in it: Ukraine Russia Kyiv Putin Witkoff

what the fact-checkers looked into

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the running story it belongs to

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