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 01 October 2023


Distribution of cases by month

Total number of incidents: 52972

War crimes incidents map

Categories

The target of an assaultNo. of incidentsNo. of victimsMore details
Death of an individual 5527 9562
Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged5077 13032
Rape23 25
Violation of other rights1156 4977
Disappearance of an individual3151 4185
DescriptionNo. of incidentsMore details
Shops, centres and other business properties3632
NGOs36
Educational institutions1734
Government buildings552
Residential buildings24943
Transport infrastructure419
Farmland, forests, etc.470
Hospitals575
Entertainment institutions406
Religious buildings298
Object of life support infrastructure1606
Historic monuments163
Bridges86
Means of transport2757
Humanitarian convoys12
Humanitarian corridors12
IncidentNo. of incidentsMore details
Shelling, bombardment42679
Shooting from firearms760
Detonation of explosives870
Damage to means of transport91
Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity521
Disappearances2458
Unlawful detention980
Use of civilian population as a human shield350
Seizure of personal property1953
Deliberate killing of a civilian608
Deliberate wounding of a civilian142
Mass, forced deportation of people to Russia58
Attacks on stores of humanitarian aid, humanitarian convoy, mission or corridor 38
Ecological damage arising from shelling / bombardment44
Rape33
Hostage-taking16
Forced mobilisation31
Violation of human dignity50
Seizure of a civilian building392

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]2571
Attacking or bombarding, by whatever means, towns, villages, dwellings or buildings which are undefended [Article 8: 2 (b) v]283
Intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects [Article 8: 2 (b) ii]11041
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]27920
Extensive destruction and appropriation of property [Article 8: 2 (a) iv]1505
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”]828
Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health [Article 8: 2 (a) iii] 289
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] 60
Enforced disappearance of persons [Article 7: 1 i]2983
Torture or inhuman treatment of civilians and military personnel [Article 7: 1 (f) or Article 8: 2 (a) ii]613
Taking of hostages [Article 8: 2 (a) viii]26
Intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles involved in humanitarian assistance or a humanitarian corridor [Article 8: 2 (b) iii]69
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]4024
Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental injury to civilians [Article 8: 2 (b) iv]4588
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]93
Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault [Article 8: 2 (b) xvi]1102
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]1480
Committing rape (as defined in Article 7, paragraph 2 (f) ) [Article 8: 2 (b) xxii]35
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]409
Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of food and drinking water [Article 8: 2 (b) xxv]32
Employing poison or poisoned weapons, including phosphorus bombs [Article 8: 2 (b) xvii] or [Article 8: 2 (b) xviii]11
Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty of civilians or military personnel [Article 7: 1 (e)]1019
Enslavement, meaning “the exercise of any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership over a person” – [Article 7: 1 (c)]57
Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment of either civilians or military personnel [Article 8: 2 (b) xxi] 65
Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power [Article 8: 2) (a) v]31
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]652
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