Rome Statute, art. 8(2)(a)(i) and art. 7(1)(a)
Summary executions
Killings of civilians and prisoners of war outside any judicial framework, often discovered after occupying forces withdraw.
- Incidents
- 4
- Documented victims
- 981
- Period covered
- 2022 — 2022
Geographic distribution
- Kyiv oblast1
- Donetsk oblast1
- Kharkiv oblast1
- Kherson oblast1
Recorded incidents
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
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
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
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