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Ukraine War Archive

Learn the story of the russian invasion of ukraine with our unified media archive gathered from all around Ukraine.

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About us

Ukraine War Archive (UWA) is a united database of video and audio materials that document the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since February 24, 2022, millions of Ukrainians have become witnesses and victims of the biggest war in Europe in decades. Fortunately, most people now have recording devices that can capture every scene and every crime of this war. Ukraine War Archive is set to collect all those bits of evidence, catalogue them, and make sure nothing is left unnoticed and unaddressed. This archive is set to tell the world what it’s like to live through this war.

Why archive

Since February 24, we’ve seen thousands of audio and video files online made by professionals and amateurs. Each of those videos and voice messages contributes to the new history that Ukrainians are writing right now.

To make all this piling evidence eligible to be used in criminal courts against the aggressor, journalistic reports, and scientific or art works, we decided to collect and preserve the evidence properly.

How UWA works

Anybody can become a contributor of the Ukraine War Archive: you just need to upload your files and specify additional information (name, date, location, etc.). We guarantee complete confidentiality of every contributor.

The archive contains all kinds of evidence. We urge everybody to submit materials that document ordinary life during war, evacuation or bomb sheltering, civilian resistance to the aggression, wartime destruction, violence and other criminal actions of the Russian army. Any other materials that authors consider worthy of attention are welcome as well.

Our team then verifies, systematizes, and catalogues all the submited files. The tagged catalogue is easily searched by keywords in the description, location, and date of the materials.

UWA is built in accordance with the international standards used in the International Criminal Court. Our database is certified and protected against uncanctioned third-party access. We also keep UWA’s materials backed up outside Ukraine for maximum security.

Submit your materials

If you’re sending materials from a desktop device (PC o Mac), we suggest using this online form.

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If you want to share files using your smartphone, then our Telegram bot should work best for you.

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If you want to share a large chunk of files (20 GBs or larger), please contact us via email first.

Contact via email

If you want to testify, fill out the form, and we will contact you for an interview.

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Do you have any questions or suggestions? Please write to us info@ukrainewararchive.org.

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