OSINT of Ukraine
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Entry #52 OSINT World Series
Open Data Portals
data.gov.ua — Unified State Open Data Portal - Main national open data portal operated by the Ministry of Digital Transformation. Contains 80,000+ datasets across government sectors.
(Article) Evaluating the open data ecosystem in Ukrainian municipalities
Verkhovna Rada Open Data Portal - Parliamentary open-data system with laws, voting records, MPs, draft legislation, and APIs.
Zakon Rada (Legislation Database) - Legal database of Ukrainian legislation and нормативно-правові акти.
National Bank of Ukraine Open Data - Financial, banking, exchange-rate, and regulatory open datasets.
Municipal Open Data Portals
Vernadsky National Library Repositories - Scientific publications and archives.
OAI.org.ua - Ukrainian open-access repository initiative.
EU Open Data Portal Coverage for Ukraine - EU aggregation and interoperability of Ukrainian datasets.
Edata.gov.ua is the official Ukrainian government platform for public finance transparency and open budget data, called Є-data (E-data). It is operated under Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance.
CityScale.com.ua - Know a better place - It's an information portal that represents data about life conditions in Ukraine.
Official Websites of some City Councils:
National project website DREAM for Public Investment Open Management System
Company Registries
Unified State Register (EDR) - Official business/entity registration system.
Opendatabot - Aggregates Ukrainian company, court, sanctions, debt, and registry data.
YouControl - Business intelligence and corporate registry analytics platform.
Clarity Project - Procurement analytics and company transparency portal.
SMIDA - Stock-market disclosure portal and securities reporting system.
VKURSI - Comprehensive Ukrainian business intelligence and due-diligence platform.
BizProfile / Бізнес Профіль - Business profile aggregation service.
EDRPOU Lookup Portals - Multiple mirror/search systems around the Ukrainian company identifier (ЄДРПОУ).
ubki.ua is the official website of the Ukrainian Bureau of Credit Histories (UBKI / УБКІ) — one of the largest credit bureaus in Ukraine. It stores and manages credit history information for individuals and businesses.
Supreme Court / Court Registers
Insolvency checks
Liquidation status
Creditor proceedings
State Register of Sanctions - The register contains more than 20,000 individuals and legal entities considered to be subject to sanctions. The register is maintained by the NSDC Office.
BI Prozorro - Procurement analytics portal.
Find companies winning tenders
Analyze supplier networks
Export procurement data
Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce & Industry - Contains announcements for Ukrainian and foreign companies.
NACP Beneficial Ownership Database - Beneficial ownership and anti-corruption records.
Open Ownership (International) - Cross-border beneficial ownership data including Ukrainian entities.
OCCRP Aleph - Investigative database platform.
Ownership tracing
Corruption investigations
Land, Maps, and Geospatial Data
StateGeoCadastre (Держгеокадастр) - Main authority for land administration.
Land reform information
Land valuation
Geospatial services
Survey records
Agricultural land data
Public Cadastral Map of Ukraine - Land parcels and cadastral data (Official Source).
Cadastral Data - Kadastrova karta (Not Official Source)
Cadastral Data - Kadastrova Karta UA (Not Official Source)
OpenStreetMap Ukraine - Community-maintained mapping data.
Unified Register of Court Decisions - Property litigation and ownership disputes.
Foreclosed properties
State property sales
Insolvent asset auctions
Conflict Resources
Project Mariupol - This tool provides investigators with the ability to cross reference 3 types of information/data in order to attribute war crimes to a military unit.
Ukraine Support Tracker - A database of military, financial and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
DeepStateMap.Live - Open-source intelligence map tracking the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Air Alarm Map Ukraine - Live civil-alert and siren tracking.
Liveuamap - Real-time conflict mapping and event aggregation platform founded during the Crimea annexation period.
Noel Reports - Live OSINT event map and military-intelligence aggregation platform.
Ukraine War Data Hub - Aggregates maps, datasets, and analytical resources.
GeoConfirmed - Volunteer OSINT verification project focused on geolocating conflict footage.
Bellingcat - The most famous OSINT investigative organization. Specialized in war crimes, military analysis, and verification.
Oryx - Tracks visually confirmed military equipment losses.
Military Land - Ukraine military operation mapping and unit analysis.
Russian losses in the war with Ukraine - Mediazona
TopCargo200 - Documenting every senior Russian officer, along with other notable individuals, killed in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Protection of Civilians
EU's efforts to make Russia legally and financially accountable for its invasion of Ukraine
childrenofwar.gov.ua is an official Ukrainian government platform called “Children of War”. It was created to document, track, and help locate children affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including children who are missing, deported, forcibly transferred, injured, killed, or otherwise impacted by the war.
Judicial & Legal Information Portals
Unified State Register of Court Decisions - Public access to Ukrainian court rulings.
Judicial Authority Portal - Official judiciary information portal.
Flight & Vessel Tracking
People Search
Namechk - Username availability/search across platforms.
(Paid) GetContact - Crowdsourced caller-ID database (Contains Ukrainian numbers).
Unified Register of Court Decisions - Official Ukrainian court database.
Litigation
Addresses
Business disputes
Family cases
Судова Влада (Judicial Authority Portal) - Court scheduling and participant data.
Peacemaker / Myrotvorets - Controversial activist database.
Persons accused of anti-Ukrainian activity
Ukraine Genealogy - FamilySearch
Google Dorking:
“Firstname Lastname” site:ua
Search Ukrainian Court Mentions:
"Firstname Lastname" site:reyestr.court.gov.ua
Search Business Associations
"Firstname Lastname" site:youcontrol.com.ua
"Firstname Lastname" site:opendatabot.ua
Media Outlets
Governmental / State-Linked Media
United News / Telemarathon State-coordinated wartime television broadcast launched after the 2022 invasion.
Suspilne (UA:PBC) Ukraine’s national public broadcaster.
Ukrinform Official Ukrainian national news agency. Good for: government statements, official updates, diplomatic news.
ArmyInform Official Armed Forces information platform. Focus: military updates, defense operations, official battlefield reporting.
United24 Media Government-backed English-language media platform launched during the war. Focus: international audiences, war reporting, culture and diplomacy.
Mainstream National Media
TSN (1+1 Media) One of Ukraine’s largest television news brands.
ICTV Major commercial TV broadcaster.
STB Popular mainstream broadcaster.
Inter Historically influential television network; historically associated with more pro-Russian political currents before 2022. Joined the state-coordinated United News telethon following the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Novyi Kanal Entertainment and news network.
Channel 24 (24 Канал) Major digital-first broadcaster with strong online presence.
RBC-Ukraine Large online news agency.
UNIAN One of the largest Ukrainian news agencies.
Liga.net Business, politics, and analysis outlet.
NV / New Voice of Ukraine Widely respected mainstream analytical publication with English coverage.
Independent Media
Ukrainska Pravda One of Ukraine’s most influential independent political outlets. Co-founded by Georgiy Gongadze and Olena Prytula in 2000. Known for: investigations, anti-corruption reporting, political coverage.
Hromadske Independent public-interest digital media organization. Known for: Euromaidan coverage, war reporting, documentary journalism.
Kyiv Independent Major English-language independent outlet, founded in November 2021 by journalists who were fired from the Kyiv Post after a dispute over editorial independence with the owner. Popular internationally for: war coverage, investigations, English-language reporting.
Kyiv Post Ukraine’s oldest English-language newspaper, founded in 1995. Currently active under owner Ruslan Kivan.
Babel Modern digital-native publication. Focus: explainers, politics, society, war analysis.
LB.ua (Left Bank) Political and analytical outlet.
Espreso TV Independent TV/news platform with strong political talk coverage.
Censor.NET High-traffic political and military news site. Known for: frontline reporting, fast updates, military analysis.
Telegraf Independent socio-political outlet.
Investigative Journalism
Bihus.Info Top Ukrainian anti-corruption investigative project. Known for: corruption leaks, procurement investigations, political exposés.
The Crimean Center for Investigative Reporting conducts journalistic investigations and produces “National Security Issue” TV Program, as well as organizes trainings on investigative reporting for journalists coming from Crimea, Ukraine, and Belarus.
Data Journalism Agency Data journalism and investigative analytics. Excellent for: data visualization, disinformation tracking, OSINT-style analysis.
The Regional Press Development Institute has become a leading Ukrainian NGO supporting investigative journalism in Ukraine.
Slidstvo.Info Investigative journalism organization. Collaborates with OCCRP and international journalists.
NGO AJI ”FOURTH ESTATE” is a nonprofit team of journalists based in western Ukraine.
NGL Media, formerly known as Nashi Groshi Lviv, is an independent center of investigative journalism launched by the NGO Lviv Group.
Nikolaev Center for Investigative Reporting (NikCIR) is an independent nonprofit organization in Southern Ukraine, devoted to investigative reporting.
The Donetsk Institute of Information is a nonprofit news organization based in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine.
Schemes (Схеми) RFE/RL investigative project focused on Ukraine.
Nashi Groshi Procurement and corruption investigations.
Opposition / Alternative Political Media
Channel 5 Historically associated with Petro Poroshenko and opposition-oriented politics.
Priamyi (Прямий) Opposition-leaning broadcaster.
Russian Opposition & Exile Media Covering Ukraine
These are not Ukrainian outlets but are widely consumed by Ukrainians and OSINT researchers.
Meduza Russian independent exile media based in Latvia.
TV Rain / Dozhd Russian independent television channel in exile.
Mediazona Investigative Russian independent outlet. Known for: Russian casualty tracking, court investigations.
Novaya Gazeta Europe Exiled continuation of Novaya Gazeta.
English-Language Ukraine-Focused Media
Euromaidan Press Volunteer-driven English-language analysis platform. Strong for: OSINT, analysis, translations.
UkraineWorld English-language media and analysis initiative.
Diaspora / International Ukrainian Media
Ukrainian Weekly (USA) Long-running diaspora newspaper.
Svoboda (Ukrainian diaspora media)
New Pathway (Canada) Ukrainian-Canadian newspaper.
Forum Daily Russian/Ukrainian diaspora outlet in the US.
Fact-Checking & Disinformation Monitoring
StopFake Leading anti-disinformation project.
Detector Media Media monitoring and propaganda analysis.
VoxUkraine Fact-checking and policy analysis.
Russian Disinformation - NewsGuard
Media Ownership & Monitoring
Profile of Media Ownership and Potential Foreign Influence Channels in Ukraine
Media Ownership Monitor Ukraine Tracks ownership structures and influence.
Institute of Mass Information (IMI) Media freedom monitoring.
Academy of Ukrainian Press Research on the Ukrainian media landscape.
OSINT-Relevant Telegram & Digital Media
Trukha Massive Telegram-first media outlet.
DeepStateUA Military mapping and media project.
InformNapalm Volunteer intelligence community. Combines: OSINT, cyber investigations, military analysis.
Government Tenders
Prozorro - Public procurement transparency system for government tenders.
Dozorro - Civil oversight and monitoring portal for Prozorro procurement activity.
Prozorro.Sale - Transparent electronic auctions for public assets, leases, and privatization.
BI Prozorro - Procurement analytics portal.
Find companies winning tenders
Analyze supplier networks
Export procurement data
Other toolkits and resources
Anti-corruption Agencies and Bodies
Miscellaneous
Diia Open Data / Дія.Відкриті дані - Open-data competence center, education, analytics, and tooling around Ukrainian open data.
Groupint is an application developed by OSINT for Ukraine that enables investigators to scrape data from Telegram groups and connect "who's talking to whom" through an intuitive and visually appealing graph user interface.
Diia is Ukraine’s all-in-one digital government platform where citizens can store official documents and access government services directly from their phone or browser.
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This list of tools and resources is so helpful!