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 16 October 2026


Categories


The target of an assaultNo. of incidentsNo. of victims

Death of an individual

10038 15998

Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged

16639 40607

Sexual violence

51 55

Violation of other rights

2141 7527

Disappearance of an individual

3749 4849
DescriptionNo. of incidents

Shops, centres and other business properties

8835

NGOs

107

Educational institutions

3573

Government buildings

1605

Residential buildings

55363

Transport infrastructure

1294

Farmland, forests, etc.

1347

Hospitals

1268

Entertainment institutions

799

Religious buildings

523

Object of life support infrastructure

4120

Historic monuments

275

Bridges

114

Means of transport

9599

Humanitarian convoys

19

Humanitarian corridors

14
Incident No. of incidents

Shelling, bombardment

103050

Shooting from firearms

1225

Detonation of explosives

1792

Damage to means of transport

138

Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity

779

Disappearances

3086

Unlawful detention

1320

Seizure of a civilian building

1003

Use of civilian population as a human shield

374

Seizure of personal property

2407

Deliberate killing of a civilian

953

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

155

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 ]

5263

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

923

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

23029

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 ]

71263

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

2007

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” ]

1285

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

639

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 ]

3785

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

1170

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 ]

105

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 ]

7948

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

15687

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 ]

421

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

1477

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 ]

1751

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) ]

1735

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 ]

1321

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