The world must know the history of this war, so we record it
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Ukrainians have been creating millions of video and audio recordings of what is taking place in various regions of our country. Every shot, every voice message, every interview is part of a new history that we are creating together.
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Ukraine War Archive is a non-profit information platform which stores all forms of digital materials collected during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We organise all the evidence in our database to preserve history and fairly represent events in legal and public discourse.
Russia’s war against Ukraine is now the most well-documented act of military aggression in history. To make these first-hand records available for use in criminal courts, investigative journalism, research, and art, they must be collected and stored professionally. That’s why the Archive uses state of the art systematisation to ensure secure storage and the effective search of materials.
Ukraine War Archive was founded in March 2022 by a joint team of NGO Docudays and Infoscope
NGO Docudays is a Ukrainian organisation that runs Docudays UA, the biggest human rights documentary film festival in Eastern Europe.
Infoscope is a UK non-commercial organisation which develops and implements technological solutions for data archiving and analysis.
The Archive team comprises 50 full-time professionals as well as volunteers.
We collect materials that cover civilian resistance against the Russian army, as well as the destruction, violence and other crimes committed in Ukraine by the aggressor. We also store materials about the realities of everyday life for Ukrainians during wartime, including evacuations, hiding in bomb shelters, and other such experiences.
Ukraine War Archive also preserves interviews with eye-witnesses to the events of war, recorded by our team. We are always looking for people willing to tell us their own war stories in person. If your home was damaged or looted by Russian forces, if you have had to evacuate your hometown due to shelling, or if violence against civilians has been committed in front of you then please contact us. We are working to ensure that the testimonies collected in interviews can be used in court to punish perpetrators.
We have developed a platform to process and archive the data with user-friendly interfaces for search, analysis, and administration.
All the materials are analysed and described by the Archive’s tagging team using a specially developed list of keywords and categories. In addition, the materials are transcribed and translated to English.
Ukraine War Archive is not a public resource. Access to it can be obtained after a background check and authorisation. There are three access levels to the Archive information. This ensures personal data and sensitive information protection. The Archive exists in several copies. Access to the platform is regulated by cyber security protocols and instruments.
We have developed a data processing model for comparison and cross-referencing which allows us to find qualitative and quantitative links between all the Archive materials. The platform allows for sorting the materials by keywords and number of matches as well as select priorities for further examination.
Users can create their own collections of selected materials and export them for external use.
If you’re sending materials from a desktop device (PC or Mac), we suggest using this online form.
Submit with formIf you want to share files using your smartphone, our Telegram bot should work best for you.
Submit with telegramIf you want to share a large chunk of files (20 GB or larger), please get in touch with us via email first.
Contact via emailTo tell us your war story, please fill out the form and our team will get back to you.
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The project is funded by charitable organisations and public donations, as well as pro bono contributions from our volunteers.
