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 January 2025


Kharkiv Region

Categories


The target of an assaultNo. of incidentsNo. of victims

Death of an individual

1724 2606

Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged

2386 4545

Rape

17 19

Violation of other rights

690 1388

Disappearance of an individual

1829 2255
DescriptionNo. of incidents

Shops, centres and other business properties

1231

NGOs

4

Educational institutions

514

Government buildings

121

Residential buildings

8907

Transport infrastructure

156

Farmland, forests, etc.

146

Hospitals

137

Entertainment institutions

111

Religious buildings

70

Object of life support infrastructure

171

Historic monuments

38

Bridges

19

Means of transport

782

Humanitarian convoys

3

Humanitarian corridors

2
Incident No. of incidents

Shelling, bombardment

15492

Shooting from firearms

154

Detonation of explosives

379

Damage to means of transport

4

Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity

471

Disappearances

1836

Unlawful detention

286

Seizure of a civilian building

41

Use of civilian population as a human shield

226

Seizure of personal property

173

Deliberate killing of a civilian

109

Deliberate wounding of a civilian

29

Mass, forced deportation of people to Russia

28

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

9

Ecological damage arising from shelling / bombardment

2

Rape

25

Hostage-taking

2

Use of chemical weapons

1

Forced mobilisation

2

Violation of human dignity

22
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 ]

634

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

55

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

7748

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 ]

4964

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

221

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” ]

179

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

58

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 ]

25

Enforced disappearance of persons [ Article 7: 1 i ]

1857

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

484

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

2

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

17

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 ]

1435

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

2229

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 ]

46

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

102

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 ]

410

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

25

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 ]

238

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

8

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

4

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

480

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

8

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

22

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

2

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 ]

318

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 ]

2