The search process on the Osavul platform is iterative — you can start with very broad topics and then use our platform to narrow them down to specific incidents. Therefore, we suggest checking the amount of data on this page before creating a case to ensure that you are within your subscription limit.

The search page lets you easily access all the data stored in the Osavul Data Warehouse. By using filters and other settings, you can customize your query before creating a suitable case.

1. Try your keyword To begin your search, enter a query and press Enter. You'll see how much data on our platform mentions your keyword, shown in the language of the keyword itself. Please note that Osavul specializes in information threats. While we don’t collect all available data, we focus on gathering the most relevant information for your needs. We’re also happy to expand the search based on your keywords, topics, or specific queries.

2. Check the results Each result represents a separate post, message, video, or comment that mentions your keyword. Alongside the content, you'll find general details such as the content type (e.g., post, comment), the platform it was published on, the publication date and time, the number of subscribers or followers of the source, and the name or nickname of the author.

You can click the icon to view the original publication on its native platform. Please note that some content may have been removed by the platform — often due to authenticity concerns. In such cases, you see an archived version of the publication on Osavul, and we are not deleting the data.

3. Customize your keywords Scroll through the results to explore the data. You might encounter some irrelevant results—these can help you refine your query for better accuracy. Use search operators to customize your search:
   • Broad topics

To monitor broad topics, it is enough to use simple keywords - names of people, names of organizations, thematic markers. For example: energy, oil, Trump. The results will cover everything related to the keywords used, but will contain many messages.

• Specific topics

To focus on specific topics and reduce irrelevant results, it is important to limit the search.

Osavul offers the following operators to help you build your search queries:

• Ukraine a simple keyword search

  Use Ukraine as a keyword to find all forms of the word, including grammatical variations (in languages that use noun cases).

  For example, Russia or russia returns the same results. The search is not case sensitive.

• AND ,&

  Use AND to find results that include all the words you search for.

  For example, Ukraine AND Great Britain AND USA

• OR

  Use OR to find at least one of the search matching terms.

  For example, Kyiv OR Kiev OR Ukrainian capital OR capital of Ukraine

• NOT, &!

  Use AND NOT to remove results that include a specific word or group of words.

  For example, (Ukraine AND Great Britain AND USA) AND NOT (Russia OR Belarus)

• AND NOT, &!

  Use AND NOT to remove results that include a specific word or group of words.

  For example, (Ukraine AND Great Britain AND USA) AND NOT (Russia OR Belarus)

• ()

  Use parentheses () in search queries to group words or operators together, controlling the search order and making your query more precise.

  For example, (Kyiv AND Zelensky) OR Klitschko or Kyiv AND (Zelensky OR Klitschko)

• >

  Use > to specify how many words from an OR group must appear in the results.

  For example, (tank ORgun OR armored personnel carrier OR multiple rocket launcher OR howitzer) >3

• *""*

  Use quotation marks "" to search for an exact match. This means the search will find only texts where the words appear exactly as you typed them, without variations or different forms.

  For example, a single word search "counterattack"or ******a phrase search ******"military casualties"

• * at the end of the word

  Use * to search for words with any ending. The search will match all words that start with the letters you typed.

  For example, Ukrain* ****returns Ukraine, Ukrainian, Ukrainians

• * at the beginning of the word

  Use * to search for words with any beginning. The search will return words that end with the letters you typed, no matter what comes before them.

  For example, * tball returns streetball, football, basketball

• []

  Use [] to find words that start the same but have a short ending.

  For example, Rus[4] ****returns Russia, Russian but not russification, russophobia (because those endings are longer than 4)

• *~*

  Use *~* to search for words that appear close to each other, allowing only a limited number of other words in between.

  For example, "war news" ~4 ****will find war news, news about the war, news about the Russian-Ukrainian war.