Ukraine: Investigations in the Shadow of Invasion

The Russian invasion of Ukraine changed many of the topics covered by Ukrainian investigative journalists, though the key investigative techniques have often remained the same.

Elena Loginova speaks about an investigation by the OCCRP, The Banality of Brutality. Using interviews, Telegram message groups, geolocation and in-person verification, Elena and her colleagues pieced together the experiences of residents in one apartment block in the occupied Kyiv suburb of Bucha.

She will also discuss another project – Russian War Criminals – where journalists undertook painstaking research to analyse and cross-check official and open-source information to gather evidence of crimes committed by individual soldiers.