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 19 April 2026


Sumy Region

Categories


The target of an assaultNo. of incidentsNo. of victims

Death of an individual

363 648

Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged

962 2708

Sexual violence

3 3

Violation of other rights

24 101

Disappearance of an individual

30 36
DescriptionNo. of incidents

Shops, centres and other business properties

1021

NGOs

1

Educational institutions

315

Government buildings

264

Residential buildings

3192

Transport infrastructure

77

Farmland, forests, etc.

191

Hospitals

137

Entertainment institutions

103

Religious buildings

49

Object of life support infrastructure

691

Historic monuments

17

Bridges

15

Means of transport

1084

Humanitarian convoys

3
Incident No. of incidents

Shelling, bombardment

8394

Shooting from firearms

68

Detonation of explosives

98

Damage to means of transport

6

Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity

14

Disappearances

27

Unlawful detention

12

Seizure of a civilian building

27

Use of civilian population as a human shield

4

Seizure of personal property

36

Deliberate killing of a civilian

27

Deliberate wounding of a civilian

2

Mass, forced deportation of people to Russia

1

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

2

Ecological damage arising from shelling / bombardment

29

Sexual violence

3

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 ]

590

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 ]

1487

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 ]

6371

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

104

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” ]

48

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

20

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 ]

1

Enforced disappearance of persons [ Article 7: 1 i ]

35

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

23

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 ]

310

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

903

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 ]

171

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

13

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 ]

37

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 ]

4

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) ]

12

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

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 [ Article 8: 2 (b) xx ]

94