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Annexation of Crimea and start of the Donbas conflict … Documentation and the question of justice
18 May 2014 · · Crimea
Enforced disappearances of Crimean Tatar activists
Tatar activists and journalists are seized at home and held incommunicado after the annexation of the peninsula.
Arbitrary detention · sources: Center for Civil Liberties, Human rights monitoring mission
21victims
11 March 2015 · · Donetsk oblast
Unofficial detention site in a disused factory
Civilians accused of pro-Ukrainian sympathies are held in converted basements and subjected to repeated abuse.
Torture and ill-treatment · sources: Testimonies collected from former detainees
34victims
2 September 2016 · · Donetsk oblast
Prolonged incommunicado detention
Residents are held for months without notification to their families or access to a lawyer.
Arbitrary detention · sources: Raphael Lemkin Society
47victims
20 June 2017 · · Crimea
Appropriation of museum collections
Items from public collections are moved off the territory without any verified inventory.
Destruction of cultural sites · sources: Regional inventories
14 February 2019 · · Donetsk oblast
Artillery fire on a residential district
Shelling hits detached houses well away from the line of contact.
Strikes on civilians · sources: Special monitoring mission
6victims
24 February 2022 · · Kyiv oblast
Seizure of the Chornobyl plant and exclusion zone
Armoured columns crossed the Red Forest and dug trenches in highly contaminated soil; plant staff were held on site for weeks.
Environmental crimes · sources: IAEA
28 February 2022 · · Sumy oblast
Blast weapon strike on a residential area
A thermobaric munition hits a civilian district in the first days of the full-scale invasion.
Strikes on civilians · sources: Regional administration, Field reports
70victims
1 March 2022 · · Kharkiv oblast
Historic buildings of the centre destroyed
The central square and several listed early twentieth-century buildings are severely damaged.
Destruction of cultural sites · sources: Regional heritage inventory
5victims
4 March 2022 · · Zaporizhzhia oblast
Armed assault on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Shelling of the site started a fire in a training building; Europe's largest nuclear plant has been operated under military control ever since.
Environmental crimes · sources: IAEA
6 March 2022 · · Kyiv oblast
Fire on an evacuation corridor
Civilians are hit while crossing a destroyed bridge during an announced evacuation.
Strikes on civilians · sources: On-site reporting
8victims
9 March 2022 · · Donetsk oblast
Strike on maternity hospital no. 3
A clearly identified, operational health facility is struck while patients are inside.
Destruction of hospitals · sources: Documented photojournalism, World Health Organization
17victims
9 March 2022 · · Kyiv oblast
Power cut to spent fuel cooling
The site lost its external power supply during the occupation, interrupting the monitoring and cooling of spent nuclear fuel.
Environmental crimes · sources: IAEA
16 March 2022 · · Donetsk oblast
Strike on the drama theatre
The building sheltered hundreds of civilians; the word “children” was written on the ground on both sides.
Strikes on civilians · sources: Field investigations, Survivor testimonies
300victims
16 March 2022 · · Chernihiv oblast
Strike on a bread queue
Residents queuing for bread are killed in a city cut off from supplies.
Strikes on civilians · sources: City administration
14victims
20 March 2022 · · Kyiv oblast
Basements used as interrogation sites
Cellars of administrative buildings are used to interrogate and beat residents suspected of informing the army.
Torture and ill-treatment · sources: Center for Civil Liberties
29victims
22 March 2022 · · Kyiv oblast
Rapes committed during house searches
Sexual violence is committed during house searches, often in front of family members.
Sexual violence · sources: Specialised prosecution units, Victim support organisations
12victims
30 March 2022 · · Kyiv oblast
Civilian bodies found in the streets and in a mass grave
After the troops withdrew, dozens of civilian bodies were found, several with their hands tied behind their backs.
Summary executions · sources: Prosecutor General's Office, International investigative missions
458victims
8 April 2022 · · Donetsk oblast
Strike on the railway station during an evacuation
A missile hits the station forecourt where thousands of civilians were waiting for an evacuation train.
Strikes on civilians · sources: Ukrainian Railways, Judicial investigation
61victims
25 April 2022 · · Mykolaiv oblast
Strike in the immediate vicinity of a regional hospital
Shrapnel damages the emergency department and interrupts care for several hours.
Destruction of hospitals · sources: Regional health administration
4victims
4 May 2022 · · Luhansk oblast
Municipal hospital struck repeatedly
The facility, which was treating wounded civilians, is struck while the city is encircled.
Destruction of hospitals · sources: Evacuated medical staff
9victims
17 May 2022 · · Luhansk oblast
Factory shelter targeted during the siege
Residents sheltering in the basements of an industrial site are hit by repeated fire.
Strikes on civilians · sources: Regional authorities
22victims
20 May 2022 · · Donetsk oblast
Children separated from families after filtration
Children whose parents are held in filtration are taken to Russian institutions.
Deportation of children · sources: Ombudsman's office, Family tracing NGOs
63victims
30 May 2022 · · Zaporizhzhia oblast
Systematic filtration of residents
Filtration points sort the population; teachers, elected officials and veterans are held without any procedure.
Arbitrary detention · sources: RESPOL network
120victims
12 June 2022 · · Zaporizhzhia oblast
Transfer of children from a care institution
Children in institutional care are transferred to Crimea and then to Russia without their families' consent.
Deportation of children · sources: Ombudsman's office, Affected families
48victims
25 June 2022 · · Kharkiv oblast
Teachers detained for refusing to cooperate
Teachers who refuse to apply the imposed curriculum are arrested and held for several weeks.
Arbitrary detention · sources: Teachers' unions
18victims
11 July 2022 · · Kharkiv oblast
Sexual violence reported after liberation
Reports emerge once the town is retaken, gathered by mobile support teams.
Sexual violence · sources: Mobile psychosocial units
9victims
14 July 2022 · · Vinnytsia oblast
Missile strike in the city centre
Cruise missiles hit a square and an office building far from any front line.
Strikes on civilians · sources: Emergency services
27victims
29 July 2022 · · Donetsk oblast
Mass deaths in a detention barracks
Prisoners of war die in an explosion in a building of the penal colony.
Summary executions · sources: Families of prisoners, ICRC access requests
53victims
2 August 2022 · · Kharkiv oblast
Torture chambers in the occupied zone
Requisitioned police premises are used for interrogations involving electric shocks and mock executions.
Torture and ill-treatment · sources: Regional prosecutor's office
31victims
11 August 2022 · · Zaporizhzhia oblast
Strikes near reactor power lines
Repeated damage to the last external power lines forced the plant onto emergency diesel generators, raising the risk of a cooling failure.
Environmental crimes · sources: IAEA
15 August 2022 · · Donetsk oblast
Abuse inflicted on civilian detainees
Former detainees describe systematic beatings and deprivation of food and medical care.
Torture and ill-treatment · sources: Post-release interviews
65victims
21 August 2022 · · Kherson oblast
Interrogation rooms in a pre-trial detention centre
Former detainees describe electric shock sessions in premises identified after liberation.
Torture and ill-treatment · sources: Center for Civil Liberties
41victims
8 September 2022 · · Kherson oblast
Sexual violence in detention
Victims of both sexes describe sexual violence used as a means of pressure in detention.
Sexual violence · sources: Victim support organisations
15victims
15 September 2022 · · Kharkiv oblast
Burial site discovered after liberation
Several hundred graves are exhumed; bodies bear marks of violent death and of bindings.
Summary executions · sources: Judicial exhumations, Forensic doctors
447victims
4 October 2022 · · Kherson oblast
Network of detention sites in an occupied city
Several public buildings are converted into places of detention during the eight months of occupation.
Arbitrary detention · sources: Post-liberation investigations
96victims
2 November 2022 · · Kherson oblast
Regional museum emptied before the withdrawal
Thousands of collection items are loaded into lorries in the days preceding the withdrawal.
Destruction of cultural sites · sources: Museum staff, Compared inventories
15 November 2022 · · Kherson oblast
Bodies found in places of detention
Bodies bearing marks of abuse are found in premises used during the occupation.
Summary executions · sources: Prosecutor General's Office
23victims
14 January 2023 · · Dnipropetrovsk oblast
Apartment block destroyed by a missile
An entire section of a nine-storey building collapses on its residents on a Saturday afternoon.
Strikes on civilians · sources: Rescue services
46victims
10 March 2023 · · Crimea
“Re-education” camps in Crimea
Teenagers from occupied areas are sent to camps running Russian patriotic programmes.
Deportation of children · sources: RESPOL network, Academic research
110victims
19 April 2023 · · Donetsk oblast
Ambulance and aid post targeted
A strike hits a first-aid point; follow-up strikes hit the rescuers who responded.
Destruction of hospitals · sources: Emergency medical service
7victims
6 June 2023 · · Kherson oblast
Destruction of the Kakhovka dam
The dam, held by occupying forces, collapsed at night and emptied a reservoir of 18 km3, flooding some eighty localities on both banks of the Dnipro.
Environmental crimes · sources: UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission
89victims
8 June 2023 · · Kherson oblast
Flooded districts shelled during evacuation
Rescue boats and flooded neighbourhoods came under fire; drinking water, farmland and Black Sea coastal ecosystems were contaminated for years.
Environmental crimes · sources: Regional administration
34victims
20 June 2023 · · Mykolaiv oblast
Collapse of the regional water supply
The loss of the Kakhovka reservoir cut off irrigation canals and drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in the southern steppe.
Environmental crimes · sources: Ministry of Environmental Protection
23 July 2023 · · Odesa oblast
Transfiguration Cathedral damaged
The World Heritage-listed historic centre is hit; the cathedral suffers structural damage.
Destruction of cultural sites · sources: UNESCO, Heritage directorate
2victims
19 August 2023 · · Chernihiv oblast
Regional theatre hit in the city centre
A missile strikes the central square on a day of public gathering, damaging the historic theatre.
Destruction of cultural sites · sources: City council
7victims
6 September 2023 · · Donetsk oblast
Strike on a covered market
A busy market is hit in the late morning in a town behind the front line.
Strikes on civilians · sources: Regional police
17victims
25 May 2024 · · Kharkiv oblast
Strike on a hardware store
A shop crowded on a Saturday is struck and destroyed by the ensuing fire.
Strikes on civilians · sources: Regional administration
19victims
8 July 2024 · · Kyiv (city)
Children's hospital struck in broad daylight
A paediatric oncology unit is hit; children are evacuated and treated in the courtyard.
Destruction of hospitals · sources: Hospital management, Emergency services
34victims
8 October 2024 · · Zaporizhzhia oblast
Detention of citizen journalists
Residents documenting military movements are arrested and transferred out of the city.
Arbitrary detention · sources: Press freedom organisations
14victims
2 March 2025 · · Kharkiv oblast
Drone attack on residential districts
A night-time wave of drones hits several districts, starting fires in apartment buildings.
Strikes on civilians · sources: Emergency services
11victims
24 June 2025 · · Dnipropetrovsk oblast
Clinic and ambulances damaged
A strike damages a care facility and the ambulance fleet parked nearby.
Destruction of hospitals · sources: Regional health administration
6victims
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