The tracker is a structured database of open-source intelligence on unmanned systems in the Russia-Ukraine war, maintained alongside doctoral research at King's College London. Its value lies in the curation, structuring, and analysis of data that exists across hundreds of disparate public sources — not in any claim to original data collection.
All primary data comes from Ukrainian government bodies, open-source researchers, verified video evidence, and credible media reporting. Every entry carries source citations. Where sources conflict, the more conservative assessment is applied.
This tracker does not conduct original fieldwork, interview combatants, or have access to classified or government-restricted information. It is not affiliated with any military, government, or intelligence organisation. It does not claim to be comprehensive — particularly for recent events where open-source coverage is still developing.
The original analyses in the Analyses and Deep Strike Research tabs are working findings — data-driven but not peer-reviewed. They should be treated as research-in-progress, not authoritative conclusions.
Doctoral researcher specialising in the strategic impact of emerging military technologies, with a focus on unmanned systems in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Dissertation: The Strategic Impact of Emerging Military Technologies, examining how FPV drones, unmanned surface vessels, and unmanned ground vehicles have influenced strategic outcomes.
This tracker began as a research tool for the dissertation and has since developed into a public-facing database. The analytical framework behind the original analyses — a two-variable matrix of technological effectiveness and perceived threat — is drawn directly from the doctoral research.
The tracker compiles data from the following primary sources. Each source retains full ownership of its data. This project curates, structures, and contextualises that data — it does not claim ownership of any primary dataset. Where a source's own terms restrict commercial use, that restriction applies to the underlying data here.
Events are included where there is at least one credible open-source report — an official Ukrainian military or intelligence statement, verified video evidence, or reporting by two or more independent outlets. Russian acknowledgement is noted but not required.
Sunk = total loss on seabed. Destroyed = total loss confirmed. Damaged = partial damage, target repairable. Shot Down = aerial asset destroyed in flight. Disrupted = operation temporarily affected.
Active conflict reporting is inherently incomplete. Russian-side data systematically underreports losses. Ukrainian official figures may overstate. All quantitative analyses carry methodology notes flagging known limitations, sample size constraints, and confounding variables.
This tracker curates open-source data rather than generating primary data. When citing figures from the tracker, please cite both this resource and the underlying primary source where possible. The primary source is always listed on each entry.
The original analytical work — the corridor analysis, saturation findings, interception rate analyses, and Logistics Lockdown research — is the intellectual contribution of this project and should be attributed accordingly.
The original work on this site — code, analytical findings, curation methodology, and written content — is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. You may share and adapt it for non-commercial purposes with attribution. Commercial use requires explicit written permission.
This license covers the original contribution — the compilation, curation, analysis, and code. It does not and cannot cover the underlying primary data from third-party sources (Ukrainian Air Force figures, Mediazona KIA counts, Oryx photo-confirmed losses), which remain subject to their originators' own terms.
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