all names

Ukraine's Defense Forces organisation

Named in 12 reports across 5 stories - 17 Aug – 29 Oct
17 Aug 202629 Oct 2026

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

Samara region and Ukrainian forces share 2 reportsRussia and Samara region share 2 reportsRussia and Ukrainian forces share 2 reportsGeneral Staff and Ukrainian forces share 1 reportBryansk region and Ukrainian forces share 1 reportDonetsk region and FSB spy network share 1 reportDonetsk and Ukrainian Defense Forces share 1 reportRussia and Ukrainian Defense Forces share 1 reportUkraine's Defense ForcesUkrainian forcesUkrainian forces - 6 shared reports (organization)RussiaRussia - 3 shared reports (place)Samara regi…Samara region - 2 shared reports (place)Ukrainian D…Ukrainian Defense Forces - 2 shared reports (organization)Bryansk reg…Bryansk region - 1 shared report (place)Defense ForcesDefense Forces - 1 shared report (organization)DonetskDonetsk - 1 shared report (place)Donetsk reg…Donetsk region - 1 shared report (place)FSB spy net…FSB spy network - 1 shared report (organization)General Sta…General Staff - 1 shared report (organization)

The stories

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

432 outlets2 reports name Ukraine's Defense Forces1 Jul 2016 – 30 Oct 2026

Evacuations continue daily as more than 83,400 civilians remain in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk communities

96 outlets6 reports name Ukraine's Defense Forces5 Aug – 30 Oct

Fire breaks out at fuel tank in Libya’s Zawiya oil depot

49 outlets1 report names Ukraine's Defense Forces10 Aug – 30 Oct

‘Waiting for Death’: Russian-Occupied Oleshky Faces Starvation as Russia Blocks Aid and Evacuation

43 outlets1 report names Ukraine's Defense Forces17 Sept – 30 Oct

Ukraine Repels Russian Assaults Across 12 Frontline Axes on Tuesday

6 outlets2 reports name Ukraine's Defense Forces4 Aug – 30 Oct

Who keeps naming them

Ukrinform (Ukraine)12

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