OSINT for Ukraine
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Type of site | Open-source intelligence and Investigative journalism |
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| Headquarters | , Netherlands |
| Owner | Stichting OSINT For Ukraine |
| Created by | Deniz M. Dirisu, Vasile Popa, Alexander Rietveldt, Ivan Kostiuk |
| Revenue | Non-profit Organization |
| URL | osintforukraine |
| Launched | 2022 |
OSINT for Ukraine (stylised OSINT FOR UKRAINE, sometimes OFU) is an autonomous, non-profit organisation focused on using open-source intelligence (OSINT) to investigate international crimes committed on Ukrainian territory or against Ukrainian citizens, examine influence and disinformation operations across Europe, and provide various levels of OSINT training.[1]
It was founded in 2022,[2] shortly after the beginning of Russian invasion of Ukraine, by Deniz M. Dirisu, Vasile Popa, Alexander Rietveldt, and Ivan Kostiuk.
OSINT has been shown to play an unprecedented role in establishing evidence in Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3][4][5] Organisations like Bellingcat have published investigations[6] that utilise open-source intelligence, such as the one on Russian artillery strikes against Ukrainians.[7]
OSINT FOR UKRAINE has collaborated on an investigation with Vitsche, the collective of Ukrainians living in Germany, titled 'Networks of Influence: The Russian Hand in German Politics'.[8]
'Project Mariupol: A Record of Evil' is OSINT FOR UKRAINE's interactive map, which uses open-source intelligence to record war crimes committed by Russia on Ukrainian territory: described by Human Rights Watch as 'massive loss of civilian life, infrastructure'.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "OSINTFORUKRAINE". OSINT FOR UKRAINE.
- ^ "Project Mariupol: A record of evil". 22 August 2022.
- ^ "What is open-source intelligence – and how is it helping to map the Ukraine war?". The Week. 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Open-source intelligence: How digital sleuths are making their mark on the Ukraine war". 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Europol sets up OSINT taskforce to support investigations into war crimes committed in Ukraine".
- ^ "Bellingcat Releases Report on Russian Artillery Strikes in Ukraine". 22 December 2016.
- ^ https://www.bellingcat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ArtilleryAttacks_withCover_EmbargoNote.pdf
- ^ "Networks of Influence: The Russian hand in German politics – VITSCHE". 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Ukraine: New Findings on Russia's Devastation of Mariupol | Human Rights Watch". 8 February 2024.