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 29 March 2023


Distribution of cases by month

Total number of incidents: 35862

War crimes incidents map

Categories

The target of an assaultNo. of incidentsNo. of victimsMore details
Death of an individual 4107 7299
Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged3391 9030
Rape17 19
Violation of other rights783 3282
Disappearance of an individual2775 3703
DescriptionNo. of incidentsMore details
Shops, centres and other business properties2604
NGOs27
Educational institutions1312
Government buildings379
Residential buildings15222
Transport infrastructure353
Farmland, forests, etc.355
Hospitals382
Entertainment institutions298
Religious buildings234
Object of life support infrastructure1188
Historic monuments140
Bridges73
Means of transport1981
Humanitarian convoys11
Humanitarian corridors8
IncidentNo. of incidentsMore details
Shelling, bombardment28175
Shooting from firearms615
Detonation of explosives529
Damage to means of transport81
Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity405
Disappearances2202
Unlawful detention651
Use of civilian population as a human shield337
Seizure of personal property1570
Deliberate killing of a civilian421
Deliberate wounding of a civilian115
Mass, forced deportation of people to Russia44
Attacks on stores of humanitarian aid, humanitarian convoy, mission or corridor 34
Ecological damage arising from shelling / bombardment38
Rape24
Hostage-taking13
Forced mobilisation23
Violation of human dignity47
Seizure of a civilian building331

On the basis of available information, the T4P initiative has provisionally qualified one or another incident according to the definitions included in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. A conclusive definition will be provided by investigative agencies and the court. In the following list Article 8 refers to “War Crimes”, Article 7 to “Crimes against Humanity”.

Legal qualification under the ICC’s Rome StatuteNo. of incidentsMore details
Intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to religion, education, art, science or charitable purposes, historic monuments, and hospitals [Article 8: 2 (b) ix]1909
Attacking or bombarding, by whatever means, towns, villages, dwellings or buildings which are undefended [Article 8: 2 (b) v]235
Intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects [Article 8: 2 (b) ii]7516
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]17203
Extensive destruction and appropriation of property [Article 8: 2 (a) iv]1157
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”]601
Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health [Article 8: 2 (a) iii] 232
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] 45
Enforced disappearance of persons [Article 7: 1 i]1104
Torture or inhuman treatment of civilians and military personnel [Article 7: 1 (f) or Article 8: 2 (a) ii]421
Taking of hostages [Article 8: 2 (a) viii]13
Intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles involved in humanitarian assistance or a humanitarian corridor [Article 8: 2 (b) iii]49
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]2915
Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental injury to civilians [Article 8: 2 (b) iv]3077
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]65
Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault [Article 8: 2 (b) xvi]740
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]1415
Committing rape (as defined in Article 7, paragraph 2 (f) ) [Article 8: 2 (b) xxii]24
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]362
Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of food and drinking water [Article 8: 2 (b) xxv]20
Employing poison or poisoned weapons, including phosphorus bombs [Article 8: 2 (b) xvii] or [Article 8: 2 (b) xviii]10
Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty of civilians or military personnel [Article 7: 1 (e)]631
Enslavement, meaning “the exercise of any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership over a person” – [Article 7: 1 (c)]27
Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment of either civilians or military personnel [Article 8: 2 (b) xxi] 53
Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power [Article 8: 2) (a) v]23
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]373
Use by Russian forces of the Ukrainian flag or of the military insignia and uniform of the Ukrainian armed forces [Article 8: 2 (b) vii]12