This report includes links to footage of damaged civilian infrastructure Starting in the last week of October, CIR observed a growing...

Hostile rhetoric on Russian state-controlled TV tried to lay the foundation for widespread acceptance of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

CIR collaborated with DW to investigate the targeting of civilians and vehicles in the Ukrainian city of Beryslav.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine saw forces attempt to occupy not only land but minds.

Several CIR open source investigators shed light on the challenges of investigating human rights abuses and war crimes. 

CIR, together with Detector Media, reveal the network of actors behind the “media occupation” of Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories.

Narratives were spread through official Kremlin-aligned and controlled channels, but also via Western-based social media influencers.

CIR explores the Russian influence operations that have attempted to spread disinformation, sow division and undermine democracy.

On 22 March 2024, Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, hitting the hydroelectric power plant in...

© European Union, 2023 (Photographer Oleksandr Rakushnyak) Open source investigators from CIR’s Eyes on Russia project have recorded and...