Become a Partner
The Archive collaborates with a wide network of Ukrainian and international partners working across documentation, journalism, research, human rights, digital preservation, and accountability.
Partnership with the Archive enables organisations to contribute to the long-term preservation of wartime records and ensure that valuable materials remain accessible for future research, cultural work, justice processes, and historical memory.
The Archive provides secure preservation infrastructure, metadata management, technical support, and long-term stewardship while respecting ownership rights, copyright, and access permissions.
We welcome partnerships founded on trust, shared expertise, and a commitment to preserving the historical record of Russia's war against Ukraine.
WHO WE WORK WITH
Media Organisations
Independent media outlets, investigative journalists, documentary platforms, and regional reporting initiatives.
Human Rights & Civil Society Organisations
Organisations documenting war crimes, human rights violations, displacement, occupation, and civilian experiences of war.
Research & Investigative Institutions
Academic institutions, investigative teams, archives, museums, and organisations working on accountability, justice, and historical preservation.
OSINT & Documentation Communities
Open-source investigators, verification initiatives, and digital documentation networks.
Individual Contributors
Documentary filmmakers, photographers, videographers, researchers, writers, bloggers, and civilians documenting wartime events.
WHAT WE ASK OF PARTNERS
- Responsible Material Sharing — Partners provide materials they have the legal and ethical right to share, together with basic contextual information and preferred access levels.
- Collaboration & Knowledge Exchange — Partners contribute expertise, methodologies, and collaborative initiatives aligned with UWA's mission.
- Joint Activities — Where relevant, UWA collaborates with partners on events, workshops, exhibitions, training programmes, and documentation initiatives.
WHAT UWA PROVIDES
- Secure Preservation & Stewardship — Materials are securely preserved with maintained metadata, structured identification systems, and protected archival infrastructure.
- Rights Protection & Access Control — Partners retain ownership of their materials and define access permissions for their collections.
- Access to Infrastructure & Expertise — Partners gain access to UWA's collections, analytical tools, technical infrastructure, and specialist support where appropriate.
- Professional Collaboration — UWA supports knowledge exchange, consultations, training opportunities, and participation in joint initiatives and public programmes.
HOW THE PARTNERSHIP PROCESS WORKS
Initial conversation and review of partnership documentation.
Partnership agreement and access setup.
Secure transfer or upload of materials.
Identification, metadata structuring, and access-level assignment.
Processing, tagging, and preservation within the Archive infrastructure.
Ongoing collaboration and support.
The Archive welcomes long-term partnerships built on trust, responsible stewardship, and a shared commitment to preserving the historical record of Russia's war against Ukraine.
Partnerships Department team:
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WHO CAN BECOME A PARTNER OF THE Ukraine WAR ARCHIVE?
We invite human rights organisations, media, journalists, OSINT communities, as well as anyone and everyone who documents the Russian-Ukrainian war. In addition, we are open to cooperation with Ukrainian and international institutions — law enforcement and investigators, government officials, and monitoring missions — that can use the materials to benefit their activities.
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DOES THE Ukraine WAR ARCHIVE COLLECT ONLY THE RESULTS OF DOCUMENTING ALLEGED WAR CRIMES?
No. The Ukraine War Archive collects materials that cover, in particular, but not exclusively, the life and everyday life of Ukrainians during the hostilities as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine after 24.02.2022, the resistance of the civilian population to the aggressor, the heroism of Ukrainians, evacuation or experience in bomb shelters, destruction, violence, other crimes committed by the Russian army, armed groups created or supported by it, on the territory of Ukraine, other materials that, in the opinion of their authors, are important. Preference is given to original (primary) unedited Materials.
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DOES THE Ukraine WAR ARCHIVE STORE FILE METADATA?
Yes, the Ukraine War Archive allows you to save metadata. The original files are not changed during the analysis and processing of the materials.
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CAN ONLY VIDEOS BE SUBMITTED TO THE Ukraine WAR ARCHIVE?
No, the Ukraine War Archive collects files of any format and size. These can be videos, photos, audio, texts, reports, digests, and other forms of analytics.
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DOES THE COPYRIGHT OF THE MATERIALS PASS TO THE Ukraine WAR ARCHIVE (GO DOCUDAYS OR INFOSCOPE)?
No, the copyright remains with the copyright holder (partner). We do not buy or sell rights to the materials. The partner independently determines the level of access to their materials in the Ukraine War Archive — that is, whether other users will be able to see the file as a whole or only its description.
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HOW DO PARTNERS SUBMIT FILES TO THE Ukraine WAR ARCHIVE?
At the partner's choice, they can upload files to the Archive themselves from a specially created account, or they can transfer them to our employee(s). The latter can be done via a hard drive, by opening access to cloud storage, or sending them online if the files' size allows it.
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WHAT HAPPENS TO FILES SUBMITTED TO THE Ukraine WAR ARCHIVE?
A separate card is created for each file. Our team of analysts processes and tags each file separately according to a list of more than 400 keywords, according to the classification of war crimes under Article 8 of the Rome Statute.
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IS THE OWNER OF THE MATERIAL (PARTNER) MENTIONED IN THE UKRAINE WAR ARCHIVE?
Yes. A card is created for each file.
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DOES THE Ukraine WAR ARCHIVE ALLOW DOWNLOADING MATERIALS FROM IT?
No, all materials in the Ukraine War Archive are available for viewing only.
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CAN ANYONE ACCESS THE Ukraine WAR ARCHIVE AND THE MATERIALS IT CONTAINS?
No, only authorised users have access to the Ukraine War Archive, each and every one of whom is subject to a thorough preliminary verification.
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WHAT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GET THE PARTNER'S MATERIALS FOR THEIR WORK (CREATING A FILM, ORGANISING AN EXHIBITION, MANAGING A CASE, ETC.)?
Various Ukrainian and international organisations, human rights activists, production companies and individual filmmakers from Ukraine and abroad contact the Archive to find materials for their projects. In this case, we check them and then provide them with access to the Ukraine War Archive. If necessary, we connect them with a partner to obtain or purchase the desired materials. The rights holders independently agree on the terms of the transfer that will satisfy them.
PARTNERS
UKRAINIAN PARTNERS
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
