Source registry
Every citation on Vigil resolves to an entry here by a stable id; the build fails on any unregistered reference. A source's typeclassifies how a claim is grounded — not how true it is. How strongly the evidence supports a claim is the confidence grade, shown on each record. Notes state each source's role and known limitations.
- Established international media reportingEstablished media
- Kyiv PostEstablished media
Ukrainian English-language outlet; republishes ISW assessments daily.
- ReutersEstablished media
- The Kyiv IndependentEstablished media
Ukrainian English-language outlet; strong access, Ukrainian perspective.
- The Moscow TimesEstablished media
Independent Russia-focused outlet operating in exile.
- Established historical recordHistorical record
Events documented consistently across mainstream histories and contemporaneous reporting; not individually cited.
- IMF World Economic OutlookInternational organisation
Macroeconomic data and projections from an international organisation; forecasts are revised as conditions change.
- UNHCR Ukraine situation dataInternational organisation
Refugee and displacement figures from a UN agency; registration-based, so movement outside registration systems is undercounted.
- Public market and insurance dataMarket data
- US / EU / UK sanctions designationsOfficial government data
- IAEA Ukraine nuclear safety updatesOfficial statement
- NATO official texts and summit declarationsOfficial statement
Alliance positions and formal commitments; treated as positions, not outcomes.
- Official government statementsOfficial statement
Statements by the governments concerned; treated as positions, not facts.
- Russian Ministry of Defence statementsOfficial statement
Russian official claims; treated as positions requiring corroboration, with a documented record of overstatement.
- UK Ministry of Defence — Defence Intelligence updatesOfficial statement
Published intelligence assessments; a governmental analytic view, not neutral ground truth.
- Ukrainian military and General Staff statementsOfficial statement
Claims by Ukrainian commands (General Staff, service branches, named commanders); treated as positions requiring corroboration, especially strike-effect and loss claims.
- DeepState live mapOSINT / geolocation
Ukrainian OSINT frontline mapping; near-real-time but Ukrainian-sourced, used here only for coarse, dated territorial-control claims.
- LostArmour strike-footage cataloguingOSINT / geolocation
Russian-language OSINT catalogue of published strike footage (notably Lancet employment). Useful for documented-use volume; counts reflect published footage, not verified effects, and carry a pro-Russian selection bias.
- MilitaryLand.net Ukrainian force-structure trackingOSINT / geolocation
Community-maintained tracking of Ukrainian formations — lineage, subordination, insignia and reorganisations. Structure only; carries no positional currency and is treated accordingly.
- Oryx visually-confirmed equipment documentationOSINT / geolocation
- IISS Military BalanceThink tank / research institute
Annual reference for force structure, order of battle and equipment holdings; the baseline for structural claims about services and branches.
- ISW campaign assessmentsThink tank / research institute
- RUSI component and capability analysesThink tank / research institute
Teardown and capability reports (e.g. recovered-drone component analyses). Findings represent the institute's analysis of examined samples, not fleet-wide certainty.
- SIPRI Military Expenditure DatabaseThink tank / research institute