Number of online articles mentioning Russia and Ukraine worldwide 2017-2024
Between February 2022 and February 2024, over 14.1 million articles published on the internet in 65 languages contained the word "Ukraine" and around 12.9 million mentioned "Russia." Online media coverage of the two countries increased in 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in February of that year. Prior to the war, the number of online articles mentioning Russia was higher than those mentioning Ukraine. The country with the most articles on Ukraine published on the internet in 2022 was the United States, and in 2023 it was Ukraine.