all names

Civilians person

Named in 28 reports across 14 stories - 6 Aug – 21 Oct
6 Aug 202621 Oct 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Civilians. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Civilians.

Russia and Ukraine share 4 reportsOleshky and Russia share 2 reportsOleshky and Ukraine share 2 reportsBlue Nile and Sudan share 2 reportsKyiv and Ukraine share 2 reportsKyiv and Russia share 1 reportKyiv and Oleshky share 1 reportCiviliansUkraineUkraine - 6 shared reports (place)RussiaRussia - 5 shared reports (place)SudanSudan - 4 shared reports (place)Blue NileBlue Nile - 3 shared reports (place)UNIFILUNIFIL - 3 shared reports (organization)YemenYemen - 3 shared reports (place)KhersonKherson - 2 shared reports (place)KyivKyiv - 2 shared reports (place)MaliMali - 2 shared reports (place)OleshkyOleshky - 2 shared reports (place)

The stories

Russian warship makes ‘AGGRESSIVE’ approach with weapons drawn to US navy cruiser

414 outlets6 reports name Civilians1 Jul 2016 – 22 Oct 2026

Mass funeral held in Gaza for victims of 2023 Israeli strike

298 outlets2 reports name Civilians2 Aug – 21 Oct

Oil prices move higher after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claim Saudi tanker strike

245 outlets2 reports name Civilians12 Jan 2024 – 22 Oct 2026

President Trump To Skip 25th Anniversary 9/11 Event At Ground Zero

232 outlets1 report names Civilians28 Aug – 21 Sept

Middle East: India says commercial ship sunk off Yemen

106 outlets3 reports name Civilians4 Aug – 21 Oct

Evacuations continue daily as more than 83,400 civilians remain in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk communities

95 outlets2 reports name Civilians5 Aug – 22 Oct

Ethiopia: The Red Line of Sovereignty - Shabia's Test of Ethiopia's Restraint for Peace

62 outlets1 report names Civilians24 Apr 2023 – 22 Oct 2026

Sadc summit in Durban focuses on migration challenges

55 outlets2 reports name Civilians5 Aug – 21 Oct

RSF drone attacks intercepted over Khartoum, River Nile states: Report

35 outlets3 reports name Civilians12 Aug – 22 Oct

‘Waiting for Death’: Russian-Occupied Oleshky Faces Starvation as Russia Blocks Aid and Evacuation

34 outlets2 reports name Civilians17 Sept – 21 Oct

Car bomb attack rattles Colombia after inauguration of hardline president

19 outlets1 report names Civilians8 Aug – 18 Sept

JNIM, FLA Alliance Intensifies Conflict In Mali

9 outlets1 report names Civilians7 Sept – 21 Oct

Who keeps naming them

Kyiv Post (Ukraine)8AllAfrica7Anadolu Agency (AA)4Al Jazeera English3The Guardian World2Bloomberg Politics1El Pais English1BBC News World1Le Monde English1

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