all names

SOF organisation

Named in 3 reports across 3 stories - 7 Sept – 30 Oct
7 Sept 202630 Oct 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with SOF. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without SOF.

Russian military position and Special Operations Forces share 1 reportterritory of the Russian Federation and Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces share 1 reportLuhansk region and Teple share 1 report6th Rangers Regiment and Special Operations Forces share 1 reportRussian forces and Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces share 1 reportTeple and Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces share 1 reportUkraine’s SOF and Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces share 1 reportLuhansk region and Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces share 1 reportterritory of the Russian Federation and Ukraine’s SOF share 1 reportLuhansk region and Russian forces share 1 reportRussian forces and Teple share 1 report6th Rangers Regiment and Russian military position share 1 reportSOFUkraine’s Special…Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces - 2 shared reports (organization)6th Rangers…6th Rangers Regiment - 1 shared report (organization)Luhansk reg…Luhansk region - 1 shared report (place)Russian for…Russian forces - 1 shared report (organization)Russian military …Russian military position - 1 shared report (place)Special Operation…Special Operations Forces - 1 shared report (organization)TepleTeple - 1 shared report (place)territory o…territory of the Russian Federation - 1 shared report (place)Ukraine’s S…Ukraine’s SOF - 1 shared report (organization)

The stories

Russian warship makes ‘AGGRESSIVE’ approach with weapons drawn to US navy cruiser

466 outlets1 report names SOF1 Jul 2016 – 3 Nov 2026

Ukraine’s ‘Sudden’ Victory in Lyman-Kharkiv: 5 Things to Know

37 outlets1 report names SOF27 Aug – 2 Nov

Ukraine’s SOF ambush enemy in Russia and seize documents

1 outlets1 report names SOF30 Oct

Who keeps naming them

Ukrinform (Ukraine)3

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