Research Methods

Sat, Mar 18, 2017

Back to Old Habits

After a short-lived policy of tolerance, Belarusian authorities arrest peaceful protesters on their way back from the demonstrations in Minsk

Belarus Belarus

Mon, Mar 13, 2017

Who Shelled This Apartment Building in Avdiivka?

Analyzing the footage and narratives of the blatant attack

Conflict Disinformation

Mon, Feb 27, 2017

Geolocation of Ukrainian ATGM Use

How to locate where a Ukrainian paratrooper destroyed a separatist BMP

Conflict Geolocation

Sun, Feb 5, 2017

Separatist Firing Locations near Water Treatment Plant

Satellite analysis of recent fighting near Avdiivka

Conflict Geolocation

Mon, Jan 30, 2017

Weekend of Fighting in Eastern Ukraine

Assessing the latest bloodshed near Avdiivka, inclluding recent satellite imagery

Conflict Geolocation

Wed, Jan 18, 2017

#DigitalSherlocks, Geolocation, and the power of Open Source

An Open Source hobbyist explains how he was able to locate an Oslo window

Geolocation

Wed, Jan 18, 2017

Kadyrov’s Hunt for an ISIS Sleeper Cell

Detailing a special operation in Chechnya’s Kurchaloy district

by Donara Barojan

Geolocation Russia

Fri, Jan 6, 2017

Wintering in the Baltic (not the Mediterranean): Russia’s Kalibr Ships

Russia’s Kalibr-armed corvettes, officially attached to the Mediterranean squadron, are still in Kaliningrad, and look set to remain there

by Maks Czuperski, Ben Nimmo, Donara Barojan, Nika Aleksejeva

Baltics Geolocation

Tue, Jan 3, 2017

Separating Fact and Fiction in the Svitlodarsk Bulge

Verification of claims surrounding the heavy fighting in the Donbas

Conflict Geolocation

Wed, Dec 21, 2016

Putin’s Undeclared War

Russian Artillery Strikes against Ukraine — A Bellingcat Report

by Nicholas Yap, Eliot Higgins

Conflict Geolocation

Sat, Dec 17, 2016

Putin’s Special Forces in Syria

How Russian special operations activity in Syria was no longer so special

by Maks Czuperski, Nicholas Yap

Conflict Geolocation

Sat, Nov 12, 2016

Lie in the Sky

The four ways Russia uses and abuses satellite and aerial imagery

by Eliot Higgins

Conflict Disinformation