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OSINT enthusiast focusing on occupied Ukraine since 2014.
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🚨 New tool alert! Bellingcat's Search Grid Generator helps you investigate an area of interest square by square. Put in coordinates and it will create a grid file for you that can be used in Google Earth. The tool idea came from our Volunteer Community. https://colab.research.google.com/github/bellingcat/open-source-research-notebooks/blob/main/notebooks/bellingcat/search-grid-generator.ipynb
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Many people have switched from Twitter to Mastodon, but not everyone who followed me before on Twitter knows that I'm active here also. Will you help me increase my reach on Mastodon? Share this post, boost it or comment and let me know why you're following me. Maybe with some smart hashtags. Thank you! 👍 😊

#Ukraine #NAFO #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiaWar

A New Tool Shows What War Has Done to Ukraine’s Forests - bellingcat

The OSINT Forest Area Tracker uses remote sensing to detect anomalous changes in the country’s nature reserves

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@uacontrolmap For those who don't want to use the birdsite, @warmapper posts maps daily. @hanse_mina and @mhmck also post maps.

#ukraine #russia #ukrainewar #map #osint #oosi

Recommended follow list for Ukraine war on Mastodon

Here are my recommendations for coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Only accounts active recently and you can easily import them from a file. They are split into two different lists by type.

1. Ukraine: OSINT & war updates

This list mostly has accounts posting quickly about daily events of the war and doing open source intelligence.

Accounts in this list:
@warnoir
@noelreports
@warmapper
@Tendar
@militarylandnet
@chrisschmitz
@militarnyi
@Landcombatmissiles
@Gettyregion

2. Ukraine: Analysis & coverage

This list is accounts focused more on in-depth analysis, information about what is happening in the background, followup stories etc.

Accounts in this list:
@Odrachewych
@markhertling
@justinling
@WarInTheFuture
@joannekelly
@rikefranke
@EmmanuelleChaze
@aliide
@anneapplebaum
@giocomai
@PopovaProf
@OlyaOliker
@EugeneMcParland
@ChrisO_wiki
@AlexSpal
@markmackinnon
@timkmak
@jpaulgoode
@ScottLucas
@tonimichel_
@ManyRoads
@AndersGottlieb
@kevinrothrock
@MAKS23

Download the file here if you want to import: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmVkBo17Jko4sozHoMzQU6raR4D1KCKomEZJ6QZChVJeLA?filename=ukraine_lists.csv

The import file relies on the List import feature recently added to Mastodon. I have noticed the list import results in a few accounts sometimes ending up in their separate list by the same name so you may have to fix that manually afterwards if this happens on your instance. If many people are on an older Mastodon version and want it I can also post a follows file that will work for those.

Import instructions:
1. Sign into your instance on the web
2. go to settings (Gear icon)
3. Choose Import and Export -> Import
4. For import type choose "Lists" (could also be "Translation missing: en.imports.types.lists" if there is an issue with the localization).
5. Select "merge" to only add to your current follows/lists so nothing you have gets deleted
6. Browse for CSV file and start import

I would also suggest following the hashtags #Ukraine and #UkraineWar

Crossposted to @ukraine on Lemmy which you can also follow through Mastodon

#TwitterMigration #RedditMigration #FediTips #FollowFriday #ff #Ukraine #UkraineWar

[#OSINT|#GEOLOCATION] WhatIsWhere is a convenient way to query the Open Street Map database

It helps you create queries in a similar way to Overpass Turbo, but without the complex query language and syntax.

https://www.whatiswhere.com

#GeoINT #osint #overpassturbo #imint #osm

(copied from holismvision on Twitter)

Learn about the @Bellingcat Justice & Accountability team here: https://www.bellingcat.com/what-is-bellingcats-ja-unit-december-2022/

Our ongoing project with the team is with Ukraine (https://ukraine.bellingcat.com), and we previously did extensive work on the war in Yemen (https://yemen.bellingcat.com).

What is Bellingcat's Justice and Accountability Unit? - bellingcat

An introduction to Bellingcat's J&A Unit, an initiative to demonstrate the viability of online open source information in judicial processes. 

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Ukraine map satellite // Europe

🌍 map of Ukraine, satellite view. Real picture of Ukraine regions, roads, cities, streets and buildings - with labels, ruler, search, locating, places sharing, weather conditions etc.

Ukraine map satellite // Europe

🌍 map of Ukraine, satellite view. Real picture of Ukraine regions, roads, cities, streets and buildings - with labels, ruler, search, locating, places sharing, weather conditions etc.