Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Over roughly 31 hours, 5 threads about it surfaced across 3 subreddits, most of the conversation happening in r/worldnews, r/europe and r/unitedkingdom. Together they have drawn about 20K upvotes and 3.7K comments.
What the sources report
These are the reports Redditors are sharing most, in the outlets’ own words. We quote them rather than paraphrase, so nothing is lost or added.
- CNN: US approves potential $2.1 billion sale of scarce Patriot missiles to Ukraine | CNN Politics
The US State Department approved the potential sale of 500 Patriot air defense interceptor missiles to Ukraine on Friday, according to a department release.
- The Independent: ‘We all know you are the aggressor’ in Ukraine, Miliband tells Russian envoy
The Foreign Secretary stressed the need to deprive Vladimir Putin ‘of the revenues that perpetuate this barbaric war’.
The numbers in the headlines
- $2.1 billion: cited by a post in r/worldnews and CNN
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/worldnews | 3 | 13,962 | 3,272 | Oct 30, 21:32 UTC |
| r/europe | 1 | 3,867 | 143 | Oct 31, 14:43 UTC |
| r/unitedkingdom ↗ | 1 | 2,162 | 239 | Oct 31, 11:03 UTC |
The biggest threads
- US approves potential $2.1 billion sale of scarce Patriot missiles to Ukrainer/worldnews · 13,598 upvotes · 3,251 comments · Oct 30, 21:32 UTC · CNN
- ‘We all know you are the aggressor’ in Ukraine, Miliband tells Russian envoyr/europe · 3,867 upvotes · 143 comments · Oct 31, 14:43 UTC · independent.co.uk
- ‘We all know you are the aggressor’ in Ukraine, Miliband tells Russian envoyr/unitedkingdom · 2,162 upvotes · 239 comments · Oct 31, 11:03 UTC · nation.cymru
- /r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1711, Part 1 (Thread #1858)r/worldnews · 261 upvotes · 11 comments · Oct 31, 04:02 UTC · reddit.com
- /r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1712, Part 1 (Thread #1859)r/worldnews · 103 upvotes · 10 comments · Nov 1, 04:03 UTC · reddit.com
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/worldnews: “US approves potential $2.1 billion sale of scarce Patriot missiles to Ukraine”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/worldnews (13,598 upvotes, 3,251 comments by our last count).
- The story reaches r/unitedkingdom ↗: “‘We all know you are the aggressor’ in Ukraine, Miliband tells Russian envoy”
- The story reaches r/europe: “‘We all know you are the aggressor’ in Ukraine, Miliband tells Russian envoy”
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/worldnews.
What people are asking
Questions from the most-upvoted comments in the biggest threads. They show what people still want to know; they are questions, not answers.
- “Did Ukraine push the Russian borders too much in 2014 as well or was that just a blatant landgrab by Russia?” — asked in r/europe
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.