T4P’s database of war crimes: Statistical information

Our database represents one of the largest concentrations of information about the war in Ukraine. It records probable war crimes (incidents) that we have been able to document. The information contained in the database makes no claim to be complete and final. The true total for certain war crimes is, almost certainly, significantly higher than those we have been able to document.

Statistical data on 14 November 2026


Categories


The target of an assaultNo. of incidentsNo. of victims

Death of an individual

10270 16445

Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged

17344 42694

Sexual violence

51 55

Violation of other rights

2160 7546

Disappearance of an individual

3749 4849
DescriptionNo. of incidents

Shops, centres and other business properties

9317

NGOs

113

Educational institutions

3691

Government buildings

1683

Residential buildings

57251

Transport infrastructure

1366

Farmland, forests, etc.

1358

Hospitals

1319

Entertainment institutions

813

Religious buildings

545

Object of life support infrastructure

4254

Historic monuments

278

Bridges

117

Means of transport

10162

Humanitarian convoys

19

Humanitarian corridors

14
Incident No. of incidents

Shelling, bombardment

106856

Shooting from firearms

1226

Detonation of explosives

1803

Damage to means of transport

138

Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity

783

Disappearances

3086

Unlawful detention

1334

Seizure of a civilian building

1004

Use of civilian population as a human shield

374

Seizure of personal property

2407

Deliberate killing of a civilian

954

Deliberate wounding of a civilian

419

Mass, forced deportation of people to Russia

67

Attacks on stores of humanitarian aid, humanitarian convoy, mission or corridor

50

Ecological damage arising from shelling / bombardment

170

Sexual violence

59

Hostage-taking

18

Use of chemical weapons

2

Forced mobilisation

65

Violation of human dignity

66
Legal qualification under the ICC’s Rome StatuteNo. of incidents

Intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, historic monuments, and hospitals [ Article 8: 2 (b) ix ]

5453

Attacking or bombarding, by whatever means, towns, villages, dwellings or buildings which are undefended [ Article 8: 2 (b) v)]

928

Intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects [ Article 8: 2 (b) ii ]

23488

Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects or widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment [ Article 8: 2 (b) iv ]

74187

Extensive destruction and appropriation of property [ Article 8: 2 (a) iv ]

2004

Killing committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population [ Article 7: 1 (a) “Murder” or Article 8: 2 (a) i “Wilful killing” ]

1286

Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health [ Article 8: 2 (a) iii ]

647

Deportation or forcible transfer of population to Russia [ Article 7: 1 (d) ] or “Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949“ [Article 8 (2) a ] or “Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict” [ Article 8 (2) b ]

70

Enforced disappearance of persons [ Article 7: 1 i ]

3790

Torture or inhuman treatment of civilians and military personnel [[ Article 7: 1 (f) or Article 8: 2 (a) ii ]

1177

Taking of hostages [ Article 8: 2 (a) viii ]

30

Intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles involved in humanitarian assistance or a humanitarian corridor[ Article 8: 2 (b) iii ]

108

Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects or widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment which would be clearly excessive in relation to the concrete and direct overall military advantage anticipated [ Article 8: 2 (b) iv ]

8173

Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental injury to civilians [ Article 8: 2 (b) iv ]

16377

Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment [ Article 8: 2 (b) iv ]

437

Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault [ Article 8: 2 (b) xvi ]

1478

Employing weapons, projectiles and material and methods of warfare which are of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering, or which are inherently indiscriminate in violation of the international law of armed conflict, provided that such weapons, projectiles and material and methods of warfare are the subject of a comprehensive prohibition: the BM-30 “Smerch”, TOS-1 “Buratino”, and other systems, cluster munitions and phosphorus bombs [ Article 8: 2 (b) xx ]

1777

Sexual violence (as defined in article 7, paragraph 2 (f) ) [ Article 8: 2 (b) xxii ]

64

Utilizing the presence of a civilian or other protected person as a human shield to render certain points, areas or military forces immune from military operation [ Article 8: 2 (b) xxiii ]

441

Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of food and drinking water [ Article 8: 2 (b) xxv ]

45

Employing poison or poisoned weapons, including phosphorus bombs [ Article 8: 2 (b) xvii ] or [ Article 8: 2 (b) xviii ]

12

Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty of civilians or military personnel [ Article 7: 1 (e) ]

1750

Enslavement, meaning “the exercise of any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership over a person” – [ Article 7: 1 (c) ]

85

Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment of either civilians or military personnel [ Article 8: 2 (b) xxi ]

116

Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power [ Article 8: 2) (a) v ]

66

Employing weapons, projectiles and material and methods of warfare which are of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering, or which are inherently indiscriminate [ Article 8: 2 (b) xx ]

1333

Use by Russian forces of the Ukrainiian flag or of the military insignia and uniform of the Ukrainian armed forces [ Article 8: 2 (b) vii ]

12