The founder of the fantasy genre, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, explaining the nature of orcs, wrote that they were the embodiment of evil, slaves held together by fear and the cruelty of their masters. They lived in envy and anger toward everything that others could create. Thanks to mobile video cameras, we can now observe how fear and cruelty keep a real, not fictional, army together. Texty.org.ua investigated repressive disciplinary practices and abuse in the Russian armed forces. This is an ancient tradition that may date back to the Golden Horde.Читати українською

Russia has significantly intensified its campaign of sabotage, subversion, and other hybrid attacks against European countries. These actions aim to destabilize European governments, undermine public support for Ukraine, and weaken NATO's and the European Union's collective ability to respond to Russian aggression. These findings are presented in a new report by the British think tank IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies), titled "The Scale of Russian Sabotage Operations Against Europe's Critical Infrastructure."Читати українською

Today, Kyiv is under constant shelling, despite the "peace talks" and Trump's attempts to appease Putin. Based on information from open sources, Texty.org.ua decided to analyze the locations and times of strikes in Kyiv since the start of the war. Not all hits are reflected in our graph, only those that have been officially reported. Nevertheless, the data allows us to see certain patterns.Читати українською

A resident of Makariv district once told Texty.org.ua about the movement of an occupying column in northern Kyiv region: "The Russians drove straight out of the forest, which used to be entirely peatlands. However, during the Soviet era, melioration efforts created a road, and that's the route they took."Читати українською

The traditional Russian occupation strategy involves terrorizing civilians so that the majority no longer has the strength to endure and decides to stop resisting. In this case, military defeat is only a matter of time. That is why the Iranian drones Shaheds and missiles are flying towards peaceful cities to terrorize civilians, including children and older people. Texty.org.ua investigated, which cities in Ukraine are most affected by these attacks.Читати українською

We have collected all the reports by Security Service of Ukraine on terrorist attacks and analyzed them. The number of terrorist attacks committed by children recruited via Telegrams is growing rapidly.Читати українською

Texty.org.ua investigated how Russia intensified attacks on gas production after the cessation of Russian gas transit from Ukraine to Slovakia.Читати українською

From 2022 to 2024, Ukraine received $120.24 billion of assistance from the United States, according to an infographic by Texty.org.ua, based on data from the Kiel Institute.Читати українською

It all started with the Soviet Union. Russia faced a total and systemic crisis — a large-scale shortage of military equipment. Clues about this started long ago: independent observers wrote about the major reduction of armored vehicles in storage bases and the resource for counting lost equipment. Oryx published impressive figures of Russian losses.Читати українською

Over the past four months, the nature of Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory has changed significantly. We have collected data to show which targets the Ukrainian Defense Forces prioritized between October 2024 and January 2025. See the infographic on previous strikes here.Читати українською