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 26 April 2024

Total number of cases in all regions

Total - 70758
Kharkiv Region - 16431
Zaporizhzhia Region - 12468
Donetsk Region - 10868
Kherson Region - 7321
Chernihiv Region - 4345
Kyiv Region - 4202
Luhansk Region - 3729
Dnipropetrovsk Region - 2824
Sumy Region - 2790
Mykolaiv Region - 2734
Odesa Region - 1272
Zhytomyr Region - 876
Cherkasy Region - 218
Rivne Region - 180
Khmelnytskyi Region - 142
Kirovohrad Region - 121
Lviv Region - 86
Poltava Region - 64
Vinnytsia Region - 42
Ivano-Frankivsk Region - 16
Ternopil Region - 13
Volyn Region - 9
Chernivtsi Region - 6
Zakarpattia Region - 1

Categories

Human casualties Targets attacked Type of incident Statistics by legal definition

The target of an assault	No. of incidents	No. of victims	More details
Death of an individual	6757	11126	By region
Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged	6753	16392	By region
Rape	29	32	By region
Violation of other rights	1421	6395	By region
Disappearance of an individual	3431	4484	By region

Description	No. of incidents	More details
Shops, centres and other business properties	4584	By region
NGOs	70	By region
Educational institutions	2232	By region
Government buildings	797	By region
Residential buildings	35042	By region
Transport infrastructure	530	By region
Farmland, forests, etc.	781	By region
Hospitals	733	By region
Entertainment institutions	505	By region
Religious buildings	368	By region
Object of life support infrastructure	2181	By region
Historic monuments	183	By region
Bridges	88	By region
Means of transport	3664	By region
Humanitarian convoys	13	By region
Humanitarian corridors	13	By region

Incident	No. of incidents	More details
Shelling, bombardment	59203	By region
Shooting from firearms	1003	By region
Detonation of explosives	1095	By region
Damage to means of transport	104	By region
Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity	633	By region
Disappearances	2698	By region
Unlawful detention	1074	By region
Seizure of a civilian building	526	By region
Use of civilian population as a human shield	370	By region
Seizure of personal property	2276	By region
Deliberate killing of a civilian	730	By region
Deliberate wounding of a civilian	159	By region
Mass, forced deportation of people to Russia	61	By region
Attacks on stores of humanitarian aid, humanitarian convoy, mission or corridor	43	By region
Ecological damage arising from shelling / bombardment	44	By region
Rape	39	By region
Hostage-taking	18	By region
Use of chemical weapons	2	By region
Forced mobilisation	55	By region
Violation of human dignity	56	By region

Legal qualification under the ICC’s Rome Statute	No. of incidents	More details
Intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, historic monuments, and hospitals [ Article 8: 2 (b) ix ]	3277	By region
Attacking or bombarding, by whatever means, towns, villages, dwellings or buildings which are undefended [ Article 8: 2 (b) v)]	631	By region
Intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects [ Article 8: 2 (b) ii ]	14691	By region
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 ]	39581	By region
Extensive destruction and appropriation of property [ Article 8: 2 (a) iv ]	1771	By region
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” ]	1059	By region
Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health [ Article 8: 2 (a) iii ]	333	By region
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 ]	63	By region
Enforced disappearance of persons [ Article 7: 1 i ]	3268	By region
Torture or inhuman treatment of civilians and military personnel [[ Article 7: 1 (f) or Article 8: 2 (a) ii ]	752	By region
Taking of hostages [ Article 8: 2 (a) viii ]	28	By region
Intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles involved in humanitarian assistance or a humanitarian corridor[ Article 8: 2 (b) iii ]	77	By region
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 ]	4972	By region
Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental injury to civilians [ Article 8: 2 (b) iv ]	6149	By region
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 ]	100	By region
Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault [ Article 8: 2 (b) xvi ]	1309	By region
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 ]	1624	By region
Committing rape (as defined in article 7, paragraph 2 (f) ) [ Article 8: 2 (b) xxii ]	42	By region
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 ]	433	By region
Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of food and drinking water [ Article 8: 2 (b) xxv ]	36	By region
Employing poison or poisoned weapons, including phosphorus bombs [ Article 8: 2 (b) xvii ] or [ Article 8: 2 (b) xviii ]	11	By region
Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty of civilians or military personnel [ Article 7: 1 (e) ]	1194	By region
Enslavement, meaning “the exercise of any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership over a person” – [ Article 7: 1 (c) ]	64	By region
Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment of either civilians or military personnel [ Article 8: 2 (b) xxi ]	75	By region
Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power [ Article 8: 2) (a) v ]	56	By region
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 ]	839	By region
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 ]	12	By region

T4P’s database of war crimes: Statistical information

Total number of cases in all regions

Categories

Death of an individual

Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged

Rape

Violation of other rights

Disappearance of an individual

Shops, centres and other business properties

NGOs

Educational institutions

Government buildings

Residential buildings

Transport infrastructure

Farmland, forests, etc.

Hospitals

Entertainment institutions

Religious buildings

Object of life support infrastructure

Historic monuments

Bridges

Means of transport

Humanitarian convoys

Humanitarian corridors

Shelling, bombardment

Shooting from firearms

Detonation of explosives

Damage to means of transport

Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity

Disappearances

Unlawful detention

Seizure of a civilian building

Use of civilian population as a human shield

Seizure of personal property

Deliberate killing of a civilian

Deliberate wounding of a civilian

Mass, forced deportation of people to Russia

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

Ecological damage arising from shelling / bombardment

Rape

Hostage-taking

Use of chemical weapons

Forced mobilisation

Violation of human dignity

Intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, historic monuments, and hospitals [ Article 8: 2 (b) ix ]

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

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

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 ]

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

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” ]

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

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 ]

Enforced disappearance of persons [ Article 7: 1 i ]

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

Taking of hostages [ Article 8: 2 (a) viii ]

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

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

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 ]

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

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

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 ]

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

Employing poison or poisoned weapons, including phosphorus bombs [ Article 8: 2 (b) xvii ] or [ Article 8: 2 (b) xviii ]

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

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

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

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

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 ]

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 ]