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How Open Source Evidence was Upheld in a Human Rights Court
Many questions remain as to how open-source data can be used or presented in court as evidence. The field of open source investigations is still relatively new in the grand scheme of things, after all. But with the ongoing war in Ukraine presenting a mountain of open source data for prosecutors to work with, understanding those questions […]
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Russia’s Assault on Daily Life in Ukraine
When a Kh-22 missile slammed into a residential apartment block in the city of Dnipro on January 14, it killed nearly 50 civilians and wounded dozens more. It was one of the largest such attacks since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine which Russian President Vladimir Putin launched one year ago today. Russia’s destruction of […]
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A Year into Russia’s Invasion, Survival in Ukraine is Still “Like a Lottery Ticket”
As the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, Bellingcat and Scripps News take stock of the immense human cost. From the use of cluster munitions in civilian areas to the countless missile strikes on key infrastructure and the mass graves that have been uncovered in towns occupied by Russian forces, the toll on […]
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How Wagner Gave Three Russian Crime Bosses from the 90s a New Lease of Death
“In six months, you’ll go home, having received a pardon. (…) Those who come with us and on the first day say, ‘I ended up somewhere I shouldn’t have’, we’ll mark a deserter and execute. (…) You have five minutes to decide.” So said Yevgeny Prigozhin, self-confessed founder of the Russian private military company Wagner, […]
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Anatomy of a Shelling: How Russian Rocket Artillery Struck Mykolaiv
On April 4, 2022, Russian rocket artillery struck the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv with cluster munitions. On the night of April 3, the Furshet shopping centre and nearby city hospital were attacked. Local media had published images to their Telegram channels at around midnight. At 8:03 in the morning of April 4, eyewitnesses told the […]
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How to Investigate TikTok Like a Pro – Part II: Using TikTok for Ukraine Research
TikTok has emerged as a key platform on which footage of the invasion of Ukraine is shared. This includes footage of missile strikes and their aftermath, damaged or destroyed military equipment, as well as visual evidence of suspected war crimes and other atrocities. Misinformation and disinformation about the invasion can also be found on the platform. This […]
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The Remote Control Killers Behind Russia’s Cruise Missile Strikes on Ukraine
In the early hours of Monday, 10 October 2022, Russia pummelled Ukraine’s largest cities with missiles killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100, according to Ukraine’s national emergency service. Russia has boasted about the surgical precision of its cruise missiles and claimed the attacks on 10 October targeted Ukraine’s military, security command centres and the […]
