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


Sumy Region

Categories


The target of an assaultNo. of incidentsNo. of victims

Death of an individual

228 394

Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged

486 1318

Violation of other rights

18 27

Disappearance of an individual

14 20
DescriptionNo. of incidents

Shops, centres and other business properties

492

NGOs

1

Educational institutions

228

Government buildings

154

Residential buildings

1584

Transport infrastructure

33

Farmland, forests, etc.

87

Hospitals

96

Entertainment institutions

69

Religious buildings

32

Object of life support infrastructure

501

Historic monuments

11

Bridges

10

Means of transport

437
Incident No. of incidents

Shelling, bombardment

4282

Shooting from firearms

67

Detonation of explosives

97

Damage to means of transport

5

Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity

16

Disappearances

13

Unlawful detention

10

Seizure of a civilian building

22

Use of civilian population as a human shield

4

Seizure of personal property

34

Deliberate killing of a civilian

27

Deliberate wounding of a civilian

1

Ecological damage arising from shelling / bombardment

28
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 ]

408

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

5

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

586

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 ]

2839

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

56

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” ]

43

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

9

Enforced disappearance of persons [ Article 7: 1 i ]

17

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

18

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 ]

180

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

453

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 ]

76

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

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 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 ]

13

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 ]

4

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

11

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 ]

72