While the map would become open to the public again on 26 April in an early state, the change in maps unfortunately resulted in the loss of all information from before 3 April. After several attempts over the following week to restore Google Maps on the website proved to be unsuccessful Deep State UA, along with a programmer who had recently joined, launched their own map on 27 March, which they called "DeepStateMAP", which is what is currently in use. While the exact violation committed is not fully clear, it is believed that Google issued the block as they did not want to host a website which could be a legal liability on one of their sites especially after complaints from viewers to Google arose that the map was not being updated with the most current (often unconfirmed and often false) information, and several prior digital attacks by hackers in Russia.
By the end of March however, Google blocked Deep State UA's use of their map for "violations of their rules of service", effectively shutting the website down. The online map became active the day Russia started their invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, and was first developed using Google Maps as the backdrop because of the simplicity in drawing lines and sharing with others that came with the service. DeepStateMap.Live Ī destroyed Russian vehicle after the recapture of Izium, which led the map to reach its peak viewership of 120,000 visitors in 30 minutes The organization and its community helped to clarify and debunk misinformation that sprung up in the fog of war especially near the beginning of the invasion such as the false sinking of the Russian frigate Admiral Makarov, and the destruction of all of Ukraine's Bayraktar TB2s. Īt the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there was another large uptick in the Telegram channel's popularity for their coverage and analysis of the conflict live as it unfolded. A few hours before the beginning of the invasion, Deep State UA's Telegram channel exceeded ten thousand subscribers for the first time. In the prelude to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the organization gradually shifted their focus towards what would eventually be entirely Ukrainian-specific news and analysis reporting on hostilities and tracking the transfer of Russian military equipment and personnel to the Russia-Ukraine border. Map admin Ruslan Mykula would later recall asking in an interview with Suspilne, "why not show the same thing in Ukraine?"
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It was during the 2021 Taliban offensive that the organization first experimented in map making creating a digital map with a frontline that would update as the conflict unfolded, ending with the fall of Kabul. At this time, the organization focused on posting content relating to global news and politics, including events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Syrian civil war, George Floyd protests, Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and 2021 Taliban offensive. The organization which hosts the map, Deep State UA, was founded in February 2020 by Roman Pohorily and Ruslan Mykula, on the messaging app Telegram, making their first post on 1 March 2020.
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And to date, it has been quite successfully chosen, which is very gratifying.ĭeep State UA team, October 2022 interview with Radio Free Europe in response to the question "Why was the project called that?" We wanted to be something unusual in the field of providing information, that's why this idea with the name arose.
" DeepState" in the general sense is something unusual and non-governmental, where the most important powerful events take place. Specifically in Ukraine, the map in June 2022 was the 23rd most visited website in the country, receiving approximately three million views each day. As of October 2022, the map has been viewed more than 200 million times, and has become the most popular digital map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Ukraine, and one of the most popular globally. The map and other military analysis collected or made by Deep State UA has been cited by multiple Ukrainian and international media outlets. Created the day of the invasion 24 February 2022 by Roman Pohorily and Ruslan Mykula, the map has near-daily updates to reflect changes on the frontline, changes in military formations, and other major events of the war such as the sinking of the Moskva. Roman Pohorily and Ruslan Mykula ( Admins)ĭeepStateMap.Live is an interactive open-source intelligence online map run by the non-governmental and volunteer-led Deep State UA, which focuses primarily on the military operations of the Russian and Ukrainian armies in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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