Recent media mentions of ACLED data usage.
The 2021 coup triggered a civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, which tracks political violence.
Olha Polishchuk, a research manager at ACLED, pointed out that despite the shocking nature of the video, extreme violence against the Ukrainian population was not rare.
Sudan plunged into all-out war in April 2023 between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese military, leading to the deaths of at least 59,000 people, according to ACLED.
Ukraine has carried out 237 drone strikes on Moscow, on top of another 85 on the broader region, since January 2026, according to statistics from ACLED.
Sherwan Hindreen Ali, Middle East Research Manager at ACLED, also still sees some leverage before a return to a full-scale war.
Fatalities from militant attacks increased by 35% to 3,435 in the first seven months of this year, compared with 2,546 in the same period in 2024, according to data from ACLED.
Pear Pandya, a senior analyst at conflict monitor ACLED, said the violence in Pakistan-administered Kashmir “is bound to overshadow the legitimacy of the entire electoral exercise”.
ACLED said the onslaught was a result of the tactics deployed by Myanmar's new military chief who took over in late March as his ​predecessor prepared to become the country's president.
Olha Polishchuk from ACLED said the Caspian Sea strike was "less about opening a new front against Tehran" and instead could be seen as an extension of Kyiv's targeting of networks supporting the Russian war effort.
More than 100,000 people have now been killed since the conflict began in 2021, according to monitor ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data).