This data set is intended to represent the counts of missiles and UAVs used in Russia’s barrages against Ukraine as reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Sample charts can be found below, as well as the download link for the data.

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Methodology

Purpose

This data is collected with the goal of increasing the access and availability of information about the Ukraine War.

Data Sources

The data source used is the social media of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including Telegram (https://t.me/kpszsu). No other source is used.

The Ukrainian Air Force is used as the only source, as it is the only primary source that is consistent in publishing the results of Russian aerial attacks.

As of right now, this dataset only stretches back to January 1st, 2025, but in the future it will extend back to the beginning of the war, dependent on the availability of primary sources of data.

Data Collection Process

Every time an aerial attack involving UAVs and missiles is reported on, an LLM translates the Ukrainian text into English, and the relevant data is manually pulled from that translation and input into the dataset.

Variable Definitions

• Date: The day corresponding to the reported data.
• Notes: Any relevant context to be added about the data on that row.
• Total Aerial Threats: The total amount of missiles and UAVs used during that day. 
• Total Prevented: The count of missiles and UAVs that were prevented from hitting Ukrainian targets either by kinetic interception, EW, or by being lost in the terrain. 
• Total Missiles: The total amount of missiles used during that day.
• Missiles Prevented: The count of missiles that were prevented from hitting Ukrainian targets either by kinetic interception, EW, or by being lost in the terrain.
• Missiles Successful: The count of missiles that were successful in hitting Ukrainian targets. This value is oftentimes not reported directly but is calculated after determining how many missiles there were total and how many missiles Ukraine reported they prevented.
• Total UAVs: The total amount of UAVs used during that day.
• UAVs Prevented: The count of UAVs that were prevented from hitting Ukrainian targets either by kinetic interception, EW, or by being lost in the terrain.
• UAVs Successful: The count of UAVs that were successful in hitting Ukrainian targets. This value is oftentimes not reported directly but is calculated after determining how many UAVs there were total and how many UAVs Ukraine reported they prevented.
• UAV Other: The count of UAVs that cannot be categorized under either the “UAVs Prevented” or “UAVs Successful” category, likely because the UAVs are still active or they are heading out of Ukrainian territory.

Limitations

As of right now, this data only goes back to January 1st, 2025, and does not include the entire war.

No other source but the telegram of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was used for this, and as such, this data should not necessarily be construed to represent the total count of UAVs or missiles used by Russia on Ukraine on any given day.

Because an LLM was used to translate between Ukrainian and English, it is possible that a mistranslation or misinterpretation has caused an error, leading to a mistake in the dataset; however, steps were taken to avoid any potential errors, including verifying results on different LLMs and evaluating all likely translations of random posts and verifying that they do not contradict one another.

Versions and Updates

This dataset will be updated at the beginning of every work week to reflect the past week’s attacks.

To reproduce, please see this link: https://t.me/kpszsu

When the data from prior to January 1st, 2025, is available, a new version will be put out.