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 05 May 2026


Zaporizhzhia Region

Categories


The target of an assaultNo. of incidentsNo. of victims

Death of an individual

451 802

Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged

964 3187

Sexual violence

2 2

Violation of other rights

97 716

Disappearance of an individual

508 603
DescriptionNo. of incidents

Shops, centres and other business properties

418

NGOs

2

Educational institutions

190

Government buildings

59

Residential buildings

11017

Transport infrastructure

46

Farmland, forests, etc.

81

Hospitals

61

Entertainment institutions

36

Religious buildings

37

Object of life support infrastructure

235

Historic monuments

43

Bridges

6

Means of transport

305

Humanitarian convoys

6

Humanitarian corridors

4
Incident No. of incidents

Shelling, bombardment

13403

Shooting from firearms

32

Detonation of explosives

44

Damage to means of transport

14

Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity

21

Disappearances

336

Unlawful detention

187

Seizure of a civilian building

17

Use of civilian population as a human shield

30

Seizure of personal property

209

Deliberate killing of a civilian

57

Deliberate wounding of a civilian

14

Mass, forced deportation of people to Russia

3

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

6

Ecological damage arising from shelling / bombardment

11

Sexual violence

3

Hostage-taking

4

Use of chemical weapons

1

Forced mobilisation

5

Violation of human dignity

17
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 ]

246

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

45

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

254

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 ]

12026

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

170

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” ]

67

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

32

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 ]

3

Enforced disappearance of persons [ Article 7: 1 i ]

324

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

28

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 ]

8

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 ]

357

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

927

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 ]

6

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

187

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 ]

36

Sexual violence (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 ]

38

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 ]

6

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

203

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

1

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

21

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

5

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 ]

20

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 ]

3