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Data Sources

By Ukraine War Analytics · · 5 min read

Ukraine War Analytics aggregates and cross-references publicly available data from international organisations, national statistics agencies, OSINT projects, government registries and reputable news outlets. This page catalogues the primary upstream sources we rely on, grouped by topic. For our verification process see Methodology.

Casualties & Equipment Losses

  • Oryx — visually-confirmed equipment losses (tanks, IFVs, artillery, aircraft) with photo evidence per item.
  • Mediazona & BBC Russian Service — confirmed Russian KIA list compiled from open obituaries, social media and regional registries.
  • UALosses — Ukrainian community-driven memorial database for fallen Ukrainian service members.
  • General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — daily Russian losses bulletins (claims, treated as upper bound).
  • Russian Ministry of Defence — periodic claims regarding Ukrainian losses (treated as propaganda, used for triangulation only).
  • US/UK intelligence assessments — periodic publicly released estimates from DoD, DIA, MoD UK and NIS Norway.

Refugees & Displacement

  • UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (data.unhcr.org) — registered Ukrainian refugees worldwide, monthly updates.
  • Eurostat — temporary protection beneficiaries across EU member states.
  • IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix — return intention surveys and IDP data inside Ukraine.
  • National statistics offices — Destatis (Germany), GUS (Poland), CSÚ (Czech Republic), ONS (UK), ISTAT (Italy), INE (Spain), CBS (Netherlands).

Economy & Reconstruction

  • National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) — exchange rates, remittances, monetary policy.
  • Ministry of Finance of Ukraine — budget execution, debt, donor disbursements.
  • Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) — War Damage Tracker, sanctions monitoring.
  • World Bank, EU and UN joint RDNA — Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment series.
  • IMF — Extended Fund Facility programme reviews and Article IV.
  • World Bank KNOMAD — global remittance data.
  • OECD — host-country labour and integration outcome data.
  • Eurofound, ILO — refugee employment and integration surveys.

Military Aid Tracking

  • Kiel Institute Ukraine Support Tracker — committed and delivered aid by donor and category.
  • U.S. Department of Defense — Presidential Drawdown Authority and USAI fact sheets.
  • NATO and Ramstein-format communications — coalition pledges.
  • Ministry of Defence UK, BMVg Germany, Ministère des Armées France — donor government bulletins.

Strategic & Operational Analysis

  • Institute for the Study of War (ISW) — daily campaign assessments, control-of-terrain maps.
  • Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) — periodic operational and tactical studies.
  • International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) — Military Balance, strategic surveys.
  • Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) — programme reports.
  • Atlantic Council, Carnegie Endowment, Chatham House — policy analysis.

OSINT & Verification Communities

  • Bellingcat — open-source investigations and methodology guides.
  • DeepStateMap (Ukraine) — community-driven frontline map updated daily.
  • Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) — Russian unit identification and movement tracking.
  • GeoConfirmed — geolocated and time-stamped combat footage.
  • Centre for Information Resilience — incident mapping and verification.

International Law, War Crimes & Accountability

  • Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) — civilian casualty bulletins, monthly reports.
  • UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.
  • International Criminal Court (ICC) — public records of arrest warrants.
  • OSCE Moscow Mechanism reports.
  • Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine — registered war crime cases.
  • Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International — incident reports.

Sanctions, Frozen Assets & Compliance

  • Council of the EU — official sanctions packages and consolidated lists.
  • U.S. Treasury OFAC, U.S. Department of State, BIS — designations and export controls.
  • UK OFSI, Canadian Special Economic Measures Regulations.
  • KSE Institute Russian Asset Tracker.
  • Yermak-McFaul International Working Group on Russian Sanctions.

News & Reporting

For breaking events we cross-reference at least two reputable outlets and where possible link to the primary source. Frequently used outlets include Reuters, AFP, AP, BBC, Financial Times, The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Kyiv Independent, Ukrainska Pravda, Suspilne, Defense Express, RFE/RL, Meduza, The Insider, Novaya Gazeta Europe.

Caveats

  • Russian government data is treated as politically constrained and used only for triangulation.
  • Casualty figures from any single source carry large uncertainty; we publish ranges where reasonable.
  • Real-time frontline data is fluid; we cite the date of last verification on operational pages.
  • Citation of a source does not imply endorsement of all of its conclusions.

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