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Region-Specific Methodology
Information about methodological decisions and sourcing profiles unique to specific regions or contexts.
Country/Time-Period Coverage
This table lists each country covered by ACLED data, and the date when coverage began.
Ukraine
Coding decisions on state forces, fatality counts, and more
Background
Prior to the invasion, trench warfare between the Ukrainian armed forces and Russian-led separatists was limited to parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions (also collectively known as the Donbas) after a hot war in the wake of the Euromaidan protest movement in Ukraine in 2013-14, which Russia had framed as a Western-inspired coup d’état and used as a pretext to annex Crimea in March 2014.…
United States
Scope and coverage in ACLED data
About ACLED & Background on US Coverage
What information is captured?
ACLED systematically collects the dates, actors, locations, fatalities, and types of all political violence and demonstration events in the US using a methodology consistent with our global coverage of conflict and disorder around the world.…