Ukraine War

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 8.3 anxiety · 30.1 anger · 45.7 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-08-20). Tone split: 100% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• Ukraine (570)
• Russia (492)
• United States (81)
• Iran (30)
• Turkey (28)
• Germany (20)
• India (18)
• Poland (17)

Countries where Ukraine War coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage -6.6%, reader interest +15.6% — supply and demand are diverging.

Top recent articles

1. UKRAINE UPHEAVAL : Ousted Defense Minister Calls For Wartime Elections , Directly Challenges Zelensky — theyeshivaworld.com
2. Russia launches ballistic missile attack on Kyiv , killing at least three , officials say — theglobeandmail.com
3. Kanye Could Be Forced To Support Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Or See Concerts Canceled — allhiphop.com
4. ¿ Puede Ucrania celebrar elecciones en plena guerra , como exige el destituido ministro de Defensa ? — acento.com.do
5. Debate: Can Ukraine hold elections whilst at war? — channel4.com
6. Ukraine's 35th Independence year brings War Up Close VR to Kelowna — aldergrovestar.com
7. Ukraine's 35th Independence year brings War Up Close VR to Kelowna | Fort St. James Caledonia Courier — caledoniacourier.com
8. Ukraine's 35th Independence year brings War Up Close VR to Kelowna — wltribune.com
9. Elections possible only if there is ceasefire and everyone able to vote – UDAR — en.interfax.com.ua
10. Ukraine's 35th Independence year brings War Up Close VR to Kelowna | The Interior News — interior-news.com
11. RFK Jr.'s son, Conor Kennedy, put on Russian wanted list for fighting alongside Kyiv in Ukraine war: 'I was deeply moved' — freerepublic.com
12. Prominent Polymarket Trader Bets $179 , 000 That Iran Nuclear Talks Will Fail — forbes.com
13. Ukraine's 35th Independence year brings War Up Close VR to Kelowna — mapleridgenews.com
14. Putin habla regreso de los soldados ; Rusia descarta detener combates — diariolibre.com
15. Russian drone kills at least 5 in viciou attack on Ukraine Kherson — dailysabah.com
16. Russian Banderol Drone Strikes Zhytomyr Police Building , Kills 2 , Injures 20 — kyivpost.com
17. Ukraine's War Widows Are Fighting for a Check — foreignpolicy.com
18. Russia and Ukraine Exchange 103 Prisoners Each in Latest Swap — africanews.com
19. Влада й політики повинні шукати способи вистояти у війні , а не займатися виборами – Палатний — gordonua.com
20. Ukraina atguvusi vairāk nekā 100 karavīru no Krievijas gūsta — lsm.lv
21. Āfrikas valstis arvien vairāk iebilst Krievijas centieniem savervēt to pilsoņus karam Ukrainā — lsm.lv
22. Ukraine Is Winning In Escalating Space War With Russia, Scholars Say — forbes.com
23. Zelensky sacks top aide amid corruption probe as ex - minister demands elections — breakingnews.ie
24. Ουκρανός συνελήφθη στην Κροατία για το σαμποτάζ στον αγωγό Nord Stream — protothema.gr
25. Russian drone attacks kill five in Ukraine Kherson , governor says — thehindu.com
26. Russia and Ukraine swap 103 prisoners of war each amid war — jpost.com
27. Second Ukrainian national arrested over 2022 Nord Stream pipeline blast | Russia-Ukraine war News — aljazeera.com
28. Вибори можливі лише за умови припинення вогню та забезпечення можливості голосування для всіх – УДАР — interfax.com.ua
29. Russia, Ukraine swap 103 prisoners of war each-Xinhua — english.news.cn
30. Russia, Ukraine swap 103 prisoners of war each — bignewsnetwork.com
31. Заява МЗС з нагоди Всесвітнього дня гуманітарної допомоги | Кабінет Міністрів України — kmu.gov.ua
32. Cyberpunk War: How Ukraine Repurposes U.S. Weapons In Unexpected Ways — forbes.com
33. Can Ukraine hold elections while at war? — theglobeandmail.com
34. Ukraine War Election Push Could Backfire on Rising Political Star — newsweek.com
35. Russian court jails Kremlin critic for 11 years for opposing the war in Ukraine — egyptindependent.com
36. Рятуй 2026 : документальний фільм про порятунок тварин з прифронтових територій покажуть в Україні — unian.ua
37. Russia Ukraine War — timesdaily.com
38. Zelensky office faces corruption probe as sacked minister demands elections — lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
39. Федоров хоче виборів . Однак чи можна їх організувати ? — dw.com
40. Dismissed Ex-Defense Minister Says Ukraine Faces Crisis Of Governance, Elections Should Be Held Despite War — globalsecurity.org

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Related fact-checks

• A photograph authentically shows a mushroom cloud of smoke rising from a Russian warehouse after it was bombed in a Ukrainian drone strike.
  TrueSnopes.com · 2026-07-23
• A Facebook page is publishing updates on the war in Ukraine.
  False. The claimed updates are false or misleading.AAP · 2026-06-26
• Russia-Ukraine war footage distorted as recent Iranian strikes on UAE and Bahrain oil refineries
  DisinformationThai PBS · 2026-05-08
• "Biden gave $350 billion worth of cash and military equipment to Ukraine, and he didn’t rebuild anything."
  FalseFactCheck.org · 2026-03-31
• "Ukrainian men as young as 23 are being conscripted and sent to the front"
  DW Fact check: False However, not only is the video factually incorrect (the minimum conscription age in Ukraine was lowered from 27 to 25 in April 2024, but never to 23), but it is also fake, to be precise: it was generated by artificial intelligence. This is clear from visual inaccuracies in the video, such as the poorly-fitting helmet, which doesn't match standard Ukrainian military equipment. Not only that, a basic facial recognition searchreveals that the face is actually that of Vladimir Yuryevich Ivanov, a young Russian streamer from St. Petersburg who uses the online pseudonym Kussia88.DW.com · 2025-11-10

Via the Google Fact Check Tools API; ratings are the fact-checkers' own.

Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Ukraine War receiving right now?

As of August 20, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.035% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 5 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Ukraine War increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is down 6.6% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).

What is the tone of news coverage about Ukraine War?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -3.27, which reads as negative. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).

How are these numbers measured?

Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every two hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.