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 January 2026


Sumy Region

Categories


The target of an assaultNo. of incidentsNo. of victims

Death of an individual

317 557

Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged

771 2090

Sexual violence

3 3

Violation of other rights

23 91

Disappearance of an individual

26 32
DescriptionNo. of incidents

Shops, centres and other business properties

783

NGOs

1

Educational institutions

283

Government buildings

214

Residential buildings

2456

Transport infrastructure

57

Farmland, forests, etc.

168

Hospitals

116

Entertainment institutions

89

Religious buildings

42

Object of life support infrastructure

654

Historic monuments

15

Bridges

15

Means of transport

760

Humanitarian convoys

2
Incident No. of incidents

Shelling, bombardment

6458

Shooting from firearms

67

Detonation of explosives

91

Damage to means of transport

6

Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity

14

Disappearances

23

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

28

Sexual violence

3
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 ]

518

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 ]

1465

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 ]

4692

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

103

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” ]

46

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

17

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 ]

31

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 ]

5

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 ]

265

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

727

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 ]

153

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 ]

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 ]

87