The Ukraine hack is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Over roughly 118 hours, 38 threads about it surfaced across 5 subreddits, most of the conversation happening in r/worldnews, r/europe and r/news. Combined, those threads hold roughly 112.9K upvotes and 7K comments so far. It is also a rising Google search (“melania trump” in Google Trends for US).
What the sources report
Here is how the outlets linked in these threads describe what happened, word for word.
- Bloomberg: Ukraine Bonds Jump as Democrat Win Seen Helping Defense Efforts
Ukraine’s dollar bonds jumped on a bet that a landslide victory by Democrats in US midterm elections will improve relations between Kyiv and Washington, helping the war-torn nation’s defense efforts.
- ABC (Australia): Russia opens terrorism case over Ukraine oil refinery attack
A facility which Ukraine named "one of Russia's largest" oil refineries reportedly sustained "significant damage" in the "massive drone attack".
- The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's air raid alert system hacked, Air Force says as false nuclear, chemical warnings sound
Ukraine's air raid alert system was hacked late on Nov. 1, the Air Force said as sirens sounded across the country, falsely notifying people of nuclear, chemical, and street fighting threats.
- Yahoo News: Germany's Steinmeier: Xi against China-US-Russia summit on Ukraine
China has shown no interest in holding a three-way summit with Russia and the United States to discuss Ukraine, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said in an interview with German television...
- DW: Germany's Merz doubts Russia wants Ukraine ceasefire, says European leaders must help shape peace
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin. Both leaders said the EU needs to be included in peace talks with Russia. Merz also expressed doubts that Russia is serious about seeking a truce.
- BBC News: Ukraine and Russia air raid apps hacked to send fake radiation alerts
Fake alerts warned residents of imminent air raids, including nuclear strikes and chemical attacks.
The numbers in the headlines
- $23 billion: cited by a post in r/worldnews
- $16 billion: cited by a post in r/worldnews
Early figures differ, which is normal in a fast-moving story: the first posts often quote partial numbers that later reports revise. The figures from named outlets and firms are generally more reliable than those in user posts.
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/worldnews | 28 | 102,877 | 5,566 | Nov 1, 11:44 UTC |
| r/europe | 4 | 7,490 | 917 | Nov 2, 12:29 UTC |
| r/news | 2 | 2,002 | 196 | Nov 2, 02:10 UTC |
| r/politics | 3 | 100 | 222 | Nov 4, 23:03 UTC |
| r/technology | 1 | 413 | 52 | Nov 2, 09:57 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Zelensky doubts Musk ‘acted alone’ in Ukraine Starlink slowdownr/worldnews · 19,809 upvotes · 264 comments · Nov 4, 22:15 UTC · thehill.com
- Ukraine Knocks Out 15 Russian Refineries, $23 Billion in Damager/worldnews · 15,120 upvotes · 515 comments · Nov 5, 15:21 UTC · kyivpost.com
- Ukraine Bonds Rise as Democrat Victory Boosts US Support Expectationsr/worldnews · 15,410 upvotes · 249 comments · Nov 4, 12:58 UTC · Bloomberg
- Russia opens terrorism case over Ukraine oil refinery attackr/worldnews · 8,246 upvotes · 774 comments · Nov 1, 11:44 UTC · abc.net.au
- Trump says he and Putin are close to a deal about Ukraine and 'all of Europe'r/worldnews · 5,764 upvotes · 1,404 comments · Nov 6, 07:27 UTC · The Washington Post
- Zelensky gives Melania Trump Ukraine's highest award after Oleshky ceasefirer/worldnews · 7,342 upvotes · 492 comments · Nov 4, 20:55 UTC · BBC News
- US delivery of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine will span 3 years starting in 2030r/worldnews · 6,319 upvotes · 696 comments · Nov 2, 17:12 UTC · pravda.com.ua
- Ukraine, Russia Hit by Hacks Sending Fake Nuclear Attack Alertsr/worldnews · 6,132 upvotes · 302 comments · Nov 2, 10:31 UTC · kyivpost.com
- Ukraine's air raid alert system hacked, Air Force says as false nuclear, chemical warnings soundr/worldnews · 5,812 upvotes · 155 comments · Nov 1, 21:31 UTC · The Kyiv Independent
- Musk Told to Save Records on Ukraine Satellite Slowdownr/europe · 3,915 upvotes · 131 comments · Nov 5, 11:08 UTC · kyivpost.com
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/worldnews: “Russia opens terrorism case over Ukraine oil refinery attack”
- First link to BBC News shared, in r/news.
- The story reaches r/technology: “Ukraine, Russia Hit by Hacks Sending Fake Nuclear Attack Alerts”
- The story reaches r/europe: “639 Posts, 7.4 Million Views—Russia-Linked Network Targeted French Anger Over Ukraine Aid”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/worldnews (19,809 upvotes, 264 comments by our last count).
- The story reaches r/politics: “Zelensky gives Melania Trump Ukraine's highest award after Oleshky ceasefire”
- Latest thread in our sample, in r/worldnews.
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.