Annual Activity Report of

NGO LingvaLexa

2025

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01 Research: A New Weapon in the Shadows: How the Kremlin Uses Video Games for War Propaganda

“New Weapon in the Shadows: How the Kremlin Uses Video Games for War Propaganda” — link

• Analysis of state-funded projects, commissioned narratives, and online communities promoting the “russian world” ideology
• Case studies: Squad 22: ZOV, Best in Hell, and others
• Presentations at Khartiya Hub and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv 
• Teacher-focused online session hosted by “Space of Tolerance”
• Open-access materials for journalists, researchers, and educators

02 Expert and Analytical Support to Law Enforcement Agencies

Expert and analytical support:

• Investigation of war crimes and criminal offences related to propaganda
• Search, analysis, and verification of information obtained through OSINT
• Preparation of analytical materials and development of evidence-grade datasets

Provided to the following law enforcement agencies:

- Office of the Prosecutor General

- Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol

- Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office

- Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office

Selected Examples of War Crime Documentation and OSINT Support

Assistance to the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office in documenting war crimes

• Collection and transfer of materials to identify individuals involved in crimes against Ukrainian service members
• Investigation and documentation of ill-treatment of fallen defenders, looting, and other war crimes committed by Russian armed formations in the Staromaiorske area in 2024

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OSINT activities to support accountability for the indoctrination and militarisation of Ukrainian children

LingvaLexa conducted:

• Collection, analysis, and systematisation of open-source information (OSINT) subsequently submitted as materials in criminal proceedings
• Documentation of facts of militarisation and indoctrination of Ukrainian children in the occupied territories

Practical outcome: Conviction of the head of “KrymPatriotTsentr” Dmytro Polkovnykov under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

03 Series of OSINT Trainings on Investigating the Cases on Missing Children

Group 1

14–15 May

Group 2

21–22 May

Group 3

28–29 May

Training programme:

OSINT fundamentals and digital security

Search via aggregators and photo analysis

GEOINT tools

Working with open sources on Telegram

Practical OSINT investigation under the trainers’ supervision

Participants’ information security

Partner: Prosecutor's Training Center of Ukraine · Supported by: OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine

04 Trainings on Evidentiary Framework for Genocide

May 2025

“Specifics of Evidentiary Framework for Genocide”

• Two-day offline training
• Genocidal intent and criteria for destruction of a group
• Rhetoric of incitements to genocide and methods of its documentation
• Practical investigative tools

Partners: Prosecutor's Training Center of Ukraine · Regional Centre for Human Rights

04 Trainings on Evidentiary Framework for Genocide

September 2025

“Genocide. International Practice and Contemporary Challenges”

• Two-day offline training
• International approaches to proving the crime of genocide
• Actus reus and mens rea of the crime in the Ukrainian context
• Potential challenges for the Ukrainian side

Partner: Prosecutor's Training Center of Ukraine

05 Presentations at Academic and International Forums

First All-Ukrainian Round Table (Institute of the Security Service of Ukraine)

“The Leadership Requirement in the Crime of Aggression” – analysis of the leadership clause in the Rome Statute

IX Kharkiv International Legal Forum

“From Political Declarations to Legal Standards: The Challenge of Proving the Crime of Genocide in Ukraine”

Conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine)

Panel on the erasure of cultural identity and propaganda as an instrument of war

European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Forum “Resilient Europe”

Participation in a discussion on the mechanisms and scale of Russian information influence in the EU

06 International Representation

Membership in the Coalition for the ICC and ASP24

• December 2025 – accession to the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC)
• Side event at the 24th Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court (ASP24), co-organised with the OPG and partners
• Presentation by LingvaLexa Head Anna Vyshniakova: “Propaganda as a systemic element of international crimes”
• Building the chain of accountability from media to the Kremlin

2025 Key Outcomes

Systemic analytical and expert support to law enforcement agencies, including through OSINT investigations

New research directions: propaganda in video games, militarisation of children, the leadership requirement in the crime of aggression

Practical impact: contributing to accountability — from evidence collection to criminal convictions

International outreach: membership in CICC, presentation at ASP24 ICC, EESC