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 June 2026

Total number of cases in all regions

Total - 109153
Kharkiv Region - 23811
Kherson Region - 15057
Zaporizhzhia Region - 14929
Donetsk Region - 14246
Sumy Region - 9827
Mykolaiv Region - 6450
Kyiv Region - 5634
Chernihiv Region - 5491
Dnipropetrovsk Region - 4462
Luhansk Region - 3956
Zhytomyr Region - 1997
Odesa Region - 1671
Cherkasy Region - 603
Rivne Region - 258
Poltava Region - 172
Khmelnytskyi Region - 154
Kirovohrad Region - 133
Lviv Region - 121
Vinnytsia Region - 67
Ivano-Frankivsk Region - 45
Volyn Region - 37
Ternopil Region - 20
Chernivtsi Region - 6
Zakarpattia Region - 5
Krim - 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	9419	15019	By region
Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged	14332	34089	By region
Sexual violence	49	53	By region
Violation of other rights	2096	7453	By region
Disappearance of an individual	3743	4841	By region

Description	No. of incidents	More details
Shops, centres and other business properties	7383	By region
NGOs	102	By region
Educational institutions	3277	By region
Government buildings	1402	By region
Residential buildings	49166	By region
Transport infrastructure	967	By region
Farmland, forests, etc.	1273	By region
Hospitals	1146	By region
Entertainment institutions	723	By region
Religious buildings	488	By region
Object of life support infrastructure	3695	By region
Historic monuments	238	By region
Bridges	105	By region
Means of transport	7810	By region
Humanitarian convoys	18	By region
Humanitarian corridors	14	By region

Incident	No. of incidents	More details
Shelling, bombardment	90817	By region
Shooting from firearms	1214	By region
Detonation of explosives	1713	By region
Damage to means of transport	138	By region
Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity	762	By region
Disappearances	3081	By region
Unlawful detention	1293	By region
Seizure of a civilian building	833	By region
Use of civilian population as a human shield	374	By region
Seizure of personal property	2406	By region
Deliberate killing of a civilian	952	By region
Deliberate wounding of a civilian	419	By region
Mass, forced deportation of people to Russia	66	By region
Attacks on stores of humanitarian aid, humanitarian convoy, mission or corridor	48	By region
Ecological damage arising from shelling / bombardment	128	By region
Sexual violence	57	By region
Hostage-taking	18	By region
Use of chemical weapons	2	By region
Forced mobilisation	65	By region
Violation of human dignity	66	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 ]	4787	By region
Attacking or bombarding, by whatever means, towns, villages, dwellings or buildings which are undefended [ Article 8: 2 (b) v)]	886	By region
Intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects [ Article 8: 2 (b) ii ]	21795	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 ]	61544	By region
Extensive destruction and appropriation of property [ Article 8: 2 (a) iv ]	1989	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” ]	1263	By region
Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health [ Article 8: 2 (a) iii ]	600	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 ]	68	By region
Enforced disappearance of persons [ Article 7: 1 i ]	3757	By region
Torture or inhuman treatment of civilians and military personnel [[ Article 7: 1 (f) or Article 8: 2 (a) ii ]	1148	By region
Taking of hostages [ Article 8: 2 (a) viii ]	30	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 ]	100	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 ]	7372	By region
Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental injury to civilians [ Article 8: 2 (b) iv ]	13454	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 ]	366	By region
Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault [ Article 8: 2 (b) xvi ]	1454	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 ]	1729	By region
Sexual violence (as defined in article 7, paragraph 2 (f) ) [ Article 8: 2 (b) xxii ]	62	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 ]	441	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 ]	44	By region
Employing poison or poisoned weapons, including phosphorus bombs [ Article 8: 2 (b) xvii ] or [ Article 8: 2 (b) xviii ]	12	By region
Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty of civilians or military personnel [ Article 7: 1 (e) ]	1696	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) ]	84	By region
Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment of either civilians or military personnel [ Article 8: 2 (b) xxi ]	116	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 ]	66	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 ]	1267	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

Sexual violence

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

Sexual violence

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 ]

Sexual violence (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 ]