[**UPDATE**]

> In Ukraine, during 2022’s unprovoked war of Russian aggression, Premise tasks were deployed to help our customers in the international humanitarian space understand exactly what was happening on the ground.
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> These tasks — which asked for Contributors to report on local conditions like road closures, the state of health facilities, and food availability — had been running alongside many other surveys and observational requests for months prior to Russia’s invasion. 

*An overview of how Premise works and why we crowdsource insights from around the world.*
https://www.premise.com/blog/understanding-premises-role-in-ukraine/

> It's part of a broader trend of embracing 'open source' intelligence that is going on in militaries and intelligence agencies around the world, including the United States. One official estimated 80% of intelligence is now sourced to unclassified sources

https://twitter.com/ByronTau/status/1497624830476173314

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Another article on Premise, this one from the WSJ:

According to people familiar with the matter, Premise derives the majority of its revenue from the U.S. defense community—making it unlikely to be assisting the Russian government in the invasion. Premise provides personnel with top-secret U.S. clearances to military and intelligence programs inside the U.S. and to other U.S. allies, the WSJ has previously reported.

Premise Mobile-Phone App Suspends Ukraine Activities After Accusations Fly

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-02-26/card/8FDnhZe9raunaIJ4HV66

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Microwork platform: "Unequivocally false", "Not a tool used by Russian forces to locate Ukrainian targets"

Another article on Premise, this one from the WSJ:

> According to people familiar with the matter, Premise derives the majority of its revenue from the U.S. defense community—making it unlikely to be assisting the Russian government in the invasion. Premise provides personnel with top-secret U.S. clearances to military and intelligence programs inside the U.S. and to other U.S. allies, the WSJ has previously reported.

*Premise Mobile-Phone App Suspends Ukraine Activities After Accusations Fly*
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-02-26/card/8FDnhZe9raunaIJ4HV66