24 February 2022 · Chornobyl · 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 · Okhtyrka · 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

1 March 2022 · Kharkiv · 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

4 March 2022 · Enerhodar · 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 · Irpin · 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

9 March 2022 · Mariupol · 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

9 March 2022 · Chornobyl · 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 · Mariupol · 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

16 March 2022 · Chernihiv · 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

20 March 2022 · Bucha · 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

22 March 2022 · Bucha · 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

30 March 2022 · Bucha · 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

8 April 2022 · Kramatorsk · 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

25 April 2022 · Mykolaiv · 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

4 May 2022 · Sievierodonetsk · 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

17 May 2022 · Sievierodonetsk · 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

20 May 2022 · Mariupol · 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

30 May 2022 · Melitopol · 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

12 June 2022 · Melitopol · 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

25 June 2022 · Izium · 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

11 July 2022 · Izium · 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

14 July 2022 · Vinnytsia · 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

29 July 2022 · Olenivka · 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

2 August 2022 · Izium · 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

11 August 2022 · Enerhodar · 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 · Olenivka · 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

21 August 2022 · Kherson · 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

8 September 2022 · Kherson · 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

15 September 2022 · Izium · 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

4 October 2022 · Kherson · 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

2 November 2022 · Kherson · 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 · 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