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

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	4107	7299	View
Those wounded or whose health was otherwise damaged	3391	9030	View
Rape	17	19	View
Violation of other rights	783	3282	View
Disappearance of an individual	2775	3703	View

Description	No. of incidents	More details
Shops, centres and other business properties	2604	View
NGOs	27	View
Educational institutions	1312	View
Government buildings	379	View
Residential buildings	15222	View
Transport infrastructure	353	View
Farmland, forests, etc.	355	View
Hospitals	382	View
Entertainment institutions	298	View
Religious buildings	234	View
Object of life support infrastructure	1188	View
Historic monuments	140	View
Bridges	73	View
Means of transport	1981	View
Humanitarian convoys	11	View
Humanitarian corridors	8	View

Incident	No. of incidents	More details
Shelling, bombardment	28175	View
Shooting from firearms	615	View
Detonation of explosives	529	View
Damage to means of transport	81	View
Torture, inhuman treatment, violation of human dignity	405	View
Disappearances	2202	View
Unlawful detention	651	View
Use of civilian population as a human shield	337	View
Seizure of personal property	1570	View
Deliberate killing of a civilian	421	View
Deliberate wounding of a civilian	115	View
Mass, forced deportation of people to Russia	44	View
Attacks on stores of humanitarian aid, humanitarian convoy, mission or corridor	34	View
Ecological damage arising from shelling / bombardment	38	View
Rape	24	View
Hostage-taking	13	View
Forced mobilisation	23	View
Violation of human dignity	47	View
Seizure of a civilian building	331	View

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 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]	1909	View
Attacking or bombarding, by whatever means, towns, villages, dwellings or buildings which are undefended [Article 8: 2 (b) v]	235	View
Intentionally directing attacks against civilian objects [Article 8: 2 (b) ii]	7516	View
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	View
Extensive destruction and appropriation of property [Article 8: 2 (a) iv]	1157	View
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	View
Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health [Article 8: 2 (a) iii]	232	View
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	View
Enforced disappearance of persons [Article 7: 1 i]	1104	View
Torture or inhuman treatment of civilians and military personnel [Article 7: 1 (f) or Article 8: 2 (a) ii]	421	View
Taking of hostages [Article 8: 2 (a) viii]	13	View
Intentionally directing attacks against personnel, installations, material, units or vehicles involved in humanitarian assistance or a humanitarian corridor [Article 8: 2 (b) iii]	49	View
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	View
Intentionally launching an attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental injury to civilians [Article 8: 2 (b) iv]	3077	View
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	View
Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault [Article 8: 2 (b) xvi]	740	View
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	View
Committing rape (as defined in Article 7, paragraph 2 (f) ) [Article 8: 2 (b) xxii]	24	View
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	View
Intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of food and drinking water [Article 8: 2 (b) xxv]	20	View
Employing poison or poisoned weapons, including phosphorus bombs [Article 8: 2 (b) xvii] or [Article 8: 2 (b) xviii]	10	View
Imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty of civilians or military personnel [Article 7: 1 (e)]	631	View
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	View
Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment of either civilians or military personnel [Article 8: 2 (b) xxi]	53	View
Compelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power [Article 8: 2) (a) v]	23	View
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	View
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	View