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


Kherson Region

Categories


The target of an assaultNo. of incidentsNo. of victims

Death of an individual

1160 1375

Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged

3296 5187

Sexual violence

6 7

Violation of other rights

220 358

Disappearance of an individual

546 587
DescriptionNo. of incidents

Shops, centres and other business properties

531

NGOs

54

Educational institutions

408

Government buildings

112

Residential buildings

3772

Transport infrastructure

92

Farmland, forests, etc.

43

Hospitals

157

Entertainment institutions

89

Religious buildings

66

Object of life support infrastructure

227

Historic monuments

34

Bridges

3

Means of transport

1089
Incident No. of incidents

Shelling, bombardment

9309

Shooting from firearms

96

Detonation of explosives

353

Damage to means of transport

31

Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity

32

Disappearances

93

Unlawful detention

207

Seizure of a civilian building

85

Use of civilian population as a human shield

37

Seizure of personal property

350

Deliberate killing of a civilian

93

Deliberate wounding of a civilian

126

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

3

Ecological damage arising from shelling / bombardment

50

Sexual violence

3

Forced mobilisation

1

Violation of human dignity

4
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 ]

635

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 ]

1000

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 ]

5399

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

15

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” ]

139

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

212

Enforced disappearance of persons [ Article 7: 1 i ]

567

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

78

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

20

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 ]

939

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

2978

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 ]

335

Sexual violence (as defined in article 7, paragraph 2 (f) ) [ Article 8: 2 (b) xxii ]

5

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 ]

11

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

180

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

8

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

15

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 ]

300

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