The Civilian Harm Watchdog

Authors

Nikolaj Houmann Mortensen

Nikolaj is an investigative journalist who has worked with Airwars’ Investigations and Accountability unit on multiple major projects

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Investigations, Policy

The Killings They Tweeted

Matching Israeli military strike footage to civilian casualties on the ground to reveal full human cost of 'precise' campaign

Israel, Lebanon

Killed in a press vest – evidence of Israeli responsibility for attack on journalists in Lebanon

What struck the journalists, where was it fired from, and were there any apparent military targets nearby?

Israel, Palestinian territories

Did Israel bomb a civilian evacuation route in Gaza?

Investigation with the Financial Times into strike on an escape route

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A year of the Shahed

How Russia turned to a cheap Iranian-made suicide drone to terrorise civilians and hit infrastructure across Ukraine

A still from the Russian Ministry of Defence shows a soldier in Ukraine launching reconnaissance drones

The new Russian drone linked to Iran-backed factory

Airwars/FT investigations shines light on secretive Alabuga 'special economic zone'

Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Bucha, where he talked to local residents and journalists. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the city of Bucha in the Kyiv region, where mass killings of civilians took place during the occupation by Russian troops.

Will German electronics end up in Russian drones?

German tech parts found their way to Russian military drones despite sanctions, flowing through shadowy networks of middlemen and shell companies