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


Donetsk Region

Categories


The target of an assaultNo. of incidentsNo. of victims

Death of an individual

2531 3847

Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged

1832 4312

Rape

1 1

Violation of other rights

226 382

Disappearance of an individual

216 304
DescriptionNo. of incidents

Shops, centres and other business properties

740

NGOs

12

Educational institutions

424

Government buildings

193

Residential buildings

4298

Transport infrastructure

78

Farmland, forests, etc.

356

Hospitals

118

Entertainment institutions

67

Religious buildings

64

Object of life support infrastructure

190

Historic monuments

17

Bridges

8

Means of transport

337

Humanitarian convoys

1
Incident No. of incidents

Shelling, bombardment

10969

Shooting from firearms

48

Detonation of explosives

29

Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity

19

Disappearances

273

Unlawful detention

147

Seizure of a civilian building

14

Use of civilian population as a human shield

2

Seizure of personal property

3

Deliberate killing of a civilian

97

Deliberate wounding of a civilian

4

Mass, forced deportation of people to Russia

10

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

5

Rape

1

Hostage-taking

1

Forced mobilisation

9

Violation of human dignity

1
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 ]

640

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

437

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

2628

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 ]

6179

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

47

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” ]

133

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

9

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 ]

13

Enforced disappearance of persons [ Article 7: 1 i ]

289

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

65

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

4

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

6

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 ]

1942

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

1842

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 ]

3

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 ]

509

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

1

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 ]

1

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

3

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

1

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

210

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

4

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

1

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

9

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 ]

13