Demilitarizator
About the data

Methodology and sources

Demilitarizator presents estimated statistics on Ukrainian long-range strikes against facilities involved in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

The project does not claim to provide a complete list of every strike or destroyed target. Some operations are not disclosed, some effects cannot be independently verified, and official information is often published with a delay.

We show the minimum that can be confirmed
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How the overall total is calculated

For completed periods, we use official aggregated data published by the Ukrainian military command.

After the last officially counted period ends, individual publicly confirmed strikes are added to the total. The current result is therefore marked with : it is the minimum that can be confirmed from open sources.

The scope of official aggregated statistics may be broader than the list of facilities added to the site manually. If the underlying dataset is not published, it cannot be separated or reclassified.

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When a strike is added

An event is counted when there are sufficient grounds to conclude that a specific facility was hit, or that fire, destruction or other effects of the attack were recorded on its premises.

Reports of explosions, air-defence activity or an attack without confirmed effects are not sufficient for inclusion.

Official statements by Ukrainian authorities and the Defence Forces
Reports by local authorities or companies about fires and damage
Photos, videos and material geolocation
Satellite imagery and fire-monitoring systems
Reporting by reputable media and OSINT researchers
If the available information is contradictory, the facility is not added until sufficient confirmation appears.
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How repeat strikes are counted

A new strike on the same facility on a different date is counted as a new event. Demilitarizator counts confirmed strike events, not only unique facilities.

Several hits on one facility during the same attack are usually counted as one event. They become separate events only when damage to distinct, independent facilities is confirmed.

Categories on the site are not a complete tally of every facility hit within a given type. They show only groups for which sufficiently comparable open data is available.
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What the labels mean

OfficialThe figure was published by the Ukrainian military command or a government authority.
An approximate estimate compiled from open sources.
A confirmed lower bound. The actual figure may be higher.
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How distance is measured

Distance is approximate and measured in a straight line from Ukraine’s state border to the facility that was hit.

Only operations with publicly confirmed Ukrainian attribution are included. Attacks launched from Russian territory or temporarily occupied territories are excluded from distance records.

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Updates and corrections

Data is updated when sufficient confirmation becomes available. Details about a facility, date, category or outcome may be revised after new material is published.

If one event was mistakenly counted twice or supporting evidence proves unreliable, the entry and overall statistics are corrected.

Found an error or have a source?

The project is maintained by Dmytro Kogan. Send the information on Telegram; it will be checked before it is added to the statistics.

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