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


Kherson Region

Categories


The target of an assaultNo. of incidentsNo. of victims

Death of an individual

758 939

Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged

1516 2621

Rape

4 5

Violation of other rights

162 267

Disappearance of an individual

529 570
DescriptionNo. of incidents

Shops, centres and other business properties

467

NGOs

48

Educational institutions

298

Government buildings

83

Residential buildings

3315

Transport infrastructure

28

Farmland, forests, etc.

43

Hospitals

98

Entertainment institutions

70

Religious buildings

50

Object of life support infrastructure

172

Historic monuments

27

Bridges

2

Means of transport

747
Incident No. of incidents

Shelling, bombardment

6781

Shooting from firearms

85

Detonation of explosives

217

Damage to means of transport

30

Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity

38

Disappearances

72

Unlawful detention

153

Seizure of a civilian building

81

Use of civilian population as a human shield

37

Seizure of personal property

350

Deliberate killing of a civilian

45

Deliberate wounding of a civilian

20

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

3

Ecological damage arising from shelling / bombardment

50

Rape

3

Forced mobilisation

1

Violation of human dignity

2
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 ]

430

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

21

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

716

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 ]

4427

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

14

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” ]

77

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

46

Enforced disappearance of persons [ Article 7: 1 i ]

539

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

35

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

19

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 ]

614

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

1397

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 ]

59

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

360

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 ]

331

Committing rape (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 ]

36

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

9

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

146

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

2

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

3

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

1

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 ]

151

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 ]

2