As Russia's invasion of Ukraine goes on, we are continuing to map incidents that have resulted in potential civilian harm as a result of the ongoing war on our Civilian Harm Map. ukraine.bellingcat.com/?range=2022-03…
With each incident is a source link. Content that is graphic has been flagged as such. Where possible, we have made an effort to protect the identities of the publishers and those featured in the footage by obscuring the location slightly and removing personal information.
We are attempting to collect as many incidents as possible, however what is shown on the map is only a snapshot of the damage done to civilian infrastructure.
Many of these incidents were geolocated by our fantastic @bellingcatgap volunteers. The Global Authentication Project consists of a wide community of open source researchers assisting in Bellingcat research through structured tasks and feedback.
@bellingcatgap We welcome feedback on the map and our methodology. If you have any serious concerns or suggestions you can fill out this feedback form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
@bellingcatgap Bellingcat’s data is also used by @Cen4infoRes for their ‘Eyes On Russia’ project. The aim is to collect and verify media related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to provide journalists, NGOs, policymakers and the public access to trustworthy information. eyesonrussia.org
@bellingcatgap@Cen4infoRes@BenDoBrown Bellingcat is a non-profit and the ability to carry out work like this is dependent on the kind support of individual donors. If you would like to support our work, you can do so here: bellingcat.com/donate/
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A number of individuals have contacted us regarding messages received via email, WhatsApp and Telegram from an “Alexandra Raine”, claiming to be working for Bellingcat and offering payment for information. This person is not Alexandra Raine, nor are they working for Bellingcat.
The messages claim they “were advised by a very influential contact, who spoke well of you”, that they’re preparing a “series of investigations” and "are interested in paying for information".
It is unclear who is behind this, but they are using multiple profiles and phone numbers, and contacting people from a variety of backgrounds who have worked on issues related to Ukraine and Russia.
Last week, some of the Bellingcat team hosted talks on open source techniques at @rightscon in Costa Rica. Here’s what the sessions involved…
@rightscon The @bellingcatgap team's popular webinar introduced the platform ATLOS to the RightsCon community and discussed data models in open source investigations. ATLOS is being used by @bellingcatgap to manage our data and community. For those interested, visit atlos.org/waitlist.
New to open source research? Want to know where to begin? Here’s a useful thread for beginners… 🧵
Start by identifying what you might be good at. If you love solving puzzles, geolocation challenges might be perfect for you. Do you speak another language? Perhaps you know a lot about the military or finance? Discover your specialist field by evaluating your existing skill set.
Find your community! Creating lists on Twitter of key researchers in the field you’re interested in can be really helpful to find new tools or techniques. @malachybrowne from the @nytimes has a publicly available list of over 200 open source researchers: twitter.com/i/lists/839124…
In case you missed it, last week we published an interactive map showing the extent and impact of the Kyrgyzstan- Tajikistan September 2022 border clashes. bellingcat.com/news/2023/05/2…
The map shows 16 villages affected by the clash. The Bellingcat team used satellite imagery and social media footage to find and geolocate footage or photographs of building damage. bellingcat.github.io/vis-tj-kg-map-…
Today we’ve released a Behind The Research video with the lead investigator on the border clash map. In it, Aiganysh details her process and what she hopes the impact of the research might be. Check it out on our Youtube channel here:
NEW: Large scale evacuations and damage were reported in the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border clash that took place in September 2022. Bellingcat has created an interactive map to show the extent of the conflict’s impact. bellingcat.com/news/2023/05/2…
To create the map of incidents, the Bellingcat team and @bellingcatgap used Google Earth Pro, NASA FIRMS, @planet, and social media and media footage to find and geolocate footage or photographs of building damage. Explore the map here. bellingcat.github.io/vis-tj-kg-map-…
@bellingcatgap@planet The map shows 12 villages in Kyrgyzstan affected, with observed changes to 379 buildings and four villages in Tajikistan with changes to 19 buildings, in the days after the clash.
Our latest investigation into the death of Colombian protester Lucas Villa, in partnership with @CLIP_AmericaLat & @cerosetenta , has been the subject of conversations in Colombian media. Published on the 2nd anniversary of Lucas’ death , read it here: bellingcat.com/news/2023/05/0…
@CLIP_AmericaLat@cerosetenta In our latest investigation, documents seen by Bellingcat show that at least one investigator from the General Prosecutor’s Office was in contact with individuals suspected of Villa’s killing in the days before and after the shooting.