With deep field research and analysis capabilities built around a team living and working in Ukraine prior to the 24 February invasion, COAR Global’s Ukraine team, Left Bank Analytics (LBA), reports on key developments and thematic issues as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine progresses. Taking its name from Kyiv’s Left Bank, where the Ukraine team’s founders made their home, LBA’s research helps clients plan and guide programme design and implementation, understand the impacts of key developments on local populations and aid actors, and perform appropriate partner vetting and project monitoring.