# Why Meduza’s Ukraine Front-Line Map Differs From DeepState’s and ISW’s

https://mins.news/en/item/24770

- Meduza, 2026-08-18 05:17 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/08/18/why-meduza-s-map-of-the-front-line-in-ukraine-doesn-t-look-like-deepstate-s-or-isw-s-plus-answers-to-dozens-more-questions-from-readers

> In the second installment of its answers to readers, Meduza examines the front line, the drone war, and losses and mobilization in the Russia-Ukraine war. It says its maps rely exclusively on geolocated videos and other open data, not anonymous military sources from either side, and stresses that every front-line map is an approximation vulnerable to delays, manipulation, and suspiciously AI-generated material.