Editorial Policy
The Chronicles publishes war footage from the war in Ukraine. Our editorial mission is to keep that footage available to the public in a verified, ethically curated, and clearly attributed form. This page describes the editorial choices behind every piece of content we publish.
Last updated: May 2026
Editorial independence
The Chronicles is editorially independent of any government, military, or political party. We accept no payment for placement and do not run any form of paid news or pay-for-play stories. Sponsored content, when it exists, is clearly labelled and segregated from editorial.
What we publish
We publish first-person and channel-sourced footage that documents the conduct of the war: drone operations, vehicle and equipment activity, infantry footage, defensive operations, post-strike footage, and humanitarian context. We add clear titles and short summaries to give readers context.
What we do not publish
We do not publish: (a) videos that show personally identifiable casualties without redaction, (b) executions or torture, (c) footage we cannot trace to a public source, (d) footage glorifying violence against civilians or prisoners of war, or (e) content that contradicts our content safety policy.
Editorial process
Each piece of content is reviewed for source plausibility, geolocation, and ethical compliance before promotion to the public feed. The default access tier is open to all readers; sensitive footage is gated behind a content warning and may be restricted to age-verified viewers.
Use of AI
We use machine translation to provide localized summaries in eight languages. Where AI is involved in summarization or transcription, the source video and original language remain authoritative. We do not generate synthetic footage.