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 15 May 2025


Luhansk Region

Categories


The target of an assaultNo. of incidentsNo. of victims

Death of an individual

296 673

Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged

206 580

Rape

2 2

Violation of other rights

255 2318

Disappearance of an individual

45 312
DescriptionNo. of incidents

Shops, centres and other business properties

187

NGOs

1

Educational institutions

100

Government buildings

45

Residential buildings

2330

Transport infrastructure

17

Farmland, forests, etc.

25

Hospitals

65

Entertainment institutions

23

Religious buildings

21

Object of life support infrastructure

97

Historic monuments

2

Bridges

9

Means of transport

136

Humanitarian convoys

4

Humanitarian corridors

6
Incident No. of incidents

Shelling, bombardment

2159

Shooting from firearms

16

Detonation of explosives

16

Damage to means of transport

16

Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity

10

Disappearances

39

Unlawful detention

85

Seizure of a civilian building

216

Use of civilian population as a human shield

15

Seizure of personal property

1223

Deliberate killing of a civilian

13

Deliberate wounding of a civilian

4

Mass, forced deportation of people to Russia

17

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

2

Rape

2

Forced mobilisation

48
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 ]

145

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

43

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

998

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 ]

1742

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

1245

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” ]

20

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

15

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 ]

17

Enforced disappearance of persons [ Article 7: 1 i ]

55

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

12

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

12

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 ]

271

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

184

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 ]

4

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

390

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 ]

15

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

3

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 ]

45

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

1

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

82

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

3

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

49

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 ]

11

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 ]

1