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92811
27 Mar, 2024
Update
Ukraine

Airwars wins Sigma data journalism award

Recognition for project tracking Russian Shahed drone attacks on Ukrainian civilians
92811
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8 Sep, 2023
Investigations

A year of the Shahed

How Russia turned to a cheap Iranian-made suicide drone to terrorise civilians and hit infrastructure across Ukraine
92813
1 Sep, 2023
Visualisation
Ukraine

Reported Shahed drone launches in Ukraine: August 2022-September 2023

Mapping every reported Shahed launch into Ukraine between September 13, 2022 and August 30, 2023
89694 A still from the Russian Ministry of Defence shows a soldier in Ukraine launching reconnaissance drones
6 Jul, 2023
Investigations
Ukraine

The new Russian drone linked to Iran-backed factory

Airwars/FT investigations shines light on secretive Alabuga 'special economic zone'
89215
5 Jul, 2023
Research
Ukraine

Документування паттернів завдання шкоди цивільному населенню в Харкові: Методологічна записка

Методологічна записка Airwars пояснює підхід до документування паттернів шкоди цивільним у Харкові
89538 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.
20 Jun, 2023
Investigations
Ukraine

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
89151
18 May, 2023
Update
Ukraine

Оприлюднено інтерактивну базу даних заподіяної цивільному населенню шкоди у битві за Харків

Airwars запускає інтерактивну базу даних про цивільні жертви в битві за Харків, виявляючи 275-438 загиблих від вибухової зброї (лют-трав 2022)
89221
18 May, 2023
Research
Ukraine

Характер шкоди, завданої цивільному населенню внаслідок дій Росії в Харківській області згідно з повідомленнями місцевих джерел

Airwars задокументувала 275-438 смертей цивільних у Харківській області лютий-травень 2022 від російської вибухової зброї
89470
18 May, 2023
Policy, Research
Ukraine

Patterns of civilian harm from alleged Russian actions in Kharkiv oblast

Russian forces killed hundreds of Kharkiv civilians during the 2022 invasion, research finds
89215
18 May, 2023
Research
Ukraine

Documenting patterns of harm in Kharkiv: Methodology note

How we're applying our methodology
89151
18 May, 2023
Update
Ukraine

Battle of Kharkiv interactive civilian harm database launched

Interactive database documenting civilian harm in the Battle of Kharkiv
89234
17 May, 2023
Visualisation
Ukraine

Civilian harm in the Battle of Kharkiv

Highest rates of civilian harm found in the city of Saltivskyi
193405
17 May, 2023
Visualisation
Ukraine

Reported civilian deaths Russian actions in the Battle of Kharkiv in Ukraine

Database tracks casualties in Kharkiv during Russia's 2022 invasion
173688
21 Feb, 2023
Visualisation

Russian Military in Kharkiv: Ukraine Casualty Map

Database tracks casualties in Ukraine from Russian strikes
82449
4 May, 2022
Investigations, Policy
Ukraine

Counting the Dead in Ukraine

A longstanding mechanism for verifying casualties of the Ukraine conflict have been subsumed by the scale of carnage since Russia’s February invasion.
82622
12 Apr, 2022
Investigations
Ukraine

Anatomy of a Russian cluster munition strike

Airwars examined a single Russian cluster munition strike on a blood donation centre and hospital, which may have caused a 350 metre span of damage, in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
82643
8 Apr, 2022
Update

Anatomy of an Russian Cluster Munition Strike in Ukraine
82566
7 Apr, 2022
Investigations
Ukraine

Counting the casualties in Ukraine – an interview with the UN Monitoring Mission

Why is the United Nations figure for the number of civilians killed in Ukraine so much lower than other estimates? Uladzimir Shcherbau, head of the UN civilian casualty monitoring team in the country,
82341
3 Mar, 2022
Investigations
Ukraine

Airwars launches interactive Ukraine population density map

The map is designed for researchers seeking to understand how heavily populated Ukrainian neighbourhoods targeted by Russia are
82128
22 Feb, 2022
Policy
Syria

Why a Russian war in Ukraine would be particularly deadly for civilians

On February 21st Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he would recognise the independence of two separatist regions inside Ukraine, with Russian troops reportedly moving there – steps widely seen as edging towards a full conflict. If Russia does, as has been predicted, invade part or all of Ukraine in the coming days, there are reasons […]