14 January 2023 · Dnipro · 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

10 March 2023 · Simferopol · 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

19 April 2023 · Kostiantynivka · 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

6 June 2023 · Nova Kakhovka · 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

8 June 2023 · Kherson · 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

20 June 2023 · Mykolaiv · 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 · 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

19 August 2023 · Chernihiv · 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

6 September 2023 · Kostiantynivka · 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