The mentions refer to the GDELT database which translates articles in 65 languages into English. The figures represent the total number of all articles GDELT monitored during that time interval which include the search term at least once.
The machine translation might not be literate. For instance, the articles counted as mentioning the word "war" might in fact contain the word "military."
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Russia-Ukraine war online news coverage worldwide 2017-2024, by keyword used
Over ** articles mentioning the combination of keywords "Ukraine," "Russia," and "war" were published online in ** languages worldwide in 2024, roughly two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. Furthermore, approximately ** online articles contained a combination of "Ukraine," "Russia," and "invasion" in that year. The article count containing the keyword "conflict" together with the two countries was the lowest at **. The figures for all three terms increased in 2022.
Even though Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, military actions in eastern Ukraine have taken place since 2014 between Ukraine's Armed Forces and separatists supported by the Russian government. Even prior to February 2022, the keyword combination of "Russia," "Ukraine," and "war" outnumbered the combination of "Russia," "Ukraine," and "conflict" in online media.
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