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Ukraine ‘offering Russia deal to halt attacks on civilian ships in Black Sea’

13 sources|Diversity: 78%|

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13 reports from 12 outlets78/100 cross-spectrum diversity12 high-reliability sources

Extra Extra has grouped 13 reports on this story from 12 news outlets across the political spectrum. By political lean, that breaks down as 4 left-leaning, 8 center, and 1 right-leaning sources.

Its coverage-diversity score of 78 out of 100 means the story is being reported across multiple parts of the spectrum, though the volume leans toward one side.

On reliability, 12 of the 12 rated outlets carry a high or mostly-factual reliability rating (A or B). Ratings are drawn from independent assessments and are meant to help you weigh each report, not to tell you which to trust.

Coverage of this story has developed over roughly 48 hours, so the perspectives below capture how the framing shifted as the story matured.

Below, the same story is laid out side by side as left, center, and right outlets reported it. Read across the columns and watch what changes: the headline emphasis, which facts lead, the adjectives, and what each side leaves out. The story itself rarely changes — the framing almost always does.

Outlets covering this story: Foreign Policy, NPR, The Guardian, Drop Site News, Foreign Affairs, Radio Free Europe/RL, Deutsche Welle, Christian Science Monitor, The Japan Times, Reuters, RFI (English), RealClearPolitics.


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Foreign AffairsAAug 13, 4:00 AM

How to Broker Peace in Ukraine

Decades of hard-won mediation experience point the way.

Radio Free Europe/RLBAug 11, 5:58 PM

Ukraine Says Russia Fired North Korean Missiles In Deadly Strike

Russia used North Korean missiles in a deadly attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of city of Zaporizhzhya, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on August 11.

Deutsche WelleAAug 13, 10:54 AM

What would a North Korean troop surge mean for Ukraine war?

Ukraine is claiming that North Korea is preparing to send tens of thousands more troops to Russia, where they'll gain valuable battlefield experience.

Christian Science MonitorAAug 13, 9:00 AM

Why former Soviet states now challenge Russia over Ukraine war

Former Soviet states in Central Asia are questioning Russia’s war with Ukraine

The Japan TimesBAug 13, 9:04 AM

Ukraine’s farmers despair as Russia’s Black Sea blockade traps their harvest

Around 90% of Ukraine's exports of wheat, corn and sunflower — of which it is among the world's largest producers — go through the Black Sea.

ReutersAAug 13, 4:59 PM

EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine offers Russia truce in Black Sea as food supply fears mount, source says - Reuters

EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine offers Russia truce in Black Sea as food supply fears mount, source says  Reuters

RFI (English)AAug 12, 3:52 PM

Russia threatens retaliatory seizures of EU ships amid new sanctions push

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened to seize ships belonging to European countries in retaliation for plans to sell off cargo seized from Russian "shadow fleet" vessels.

Radio Free Europe/RLBAug 12, 2:04 PM

Putin Threatens To Seize European Ships Over Moves Against Russia's 'Shadow Fleet'

President Vladimir Putin said Russia would seize ships belonging to European countries if they tried to sell cargo confiscated from Russia-linked vessels suspected of belonging to Moscow's so-called s

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