Principle 1
Daily data is the base
Daily historical values are used for week, month, year, all-war rankings, top-10 lists, records, rolling averages, and heatmaps.
Methodology
How Ukraine War Stats calculates its pages
The site preserves source-reported daily values and calculates rankings, records, rolling comparisons, and heatmap intensity from the historical database.
Principle 2
Official totals reconcile
Official or adjusted cumulative totals are kept separately from daily values. This keeps the analytics transparent while allowing baseline corrections.
Principle 3
Caveats stay visible
Figures are source-reported estimates, not independently verified counts. Some categories were added later, which affects early history.
Ranking rules
Zero-value days are not ranked as records. Nonzero rankings use competition ranking, so equal values receive the same rank and the next rank skips accordingly.
Intensity colors
Card and heatmap colors represent statistical intensity, calculated as a percentage of that category’s highest reported day in the database. They are not moral labels.
Future modules
The database is prepared for additional modules, including missile/drone attacks, air-defense interception rates, and weapons aid. These future datasets should keep separate tables or category groups because they measure different things.