1 January 2026 · Mariupol · Donetsk oblast

Ukrainian authorities and NGOs continued tracing children transferred to Russia and occupied territories; only a small fraction of the thousands identified have been returned.

sources: Center for Civil Liberties — Tribunal for Putin documentation

1 May 2023 · Mariupol · Donetsk oblast

Housing built on the ruins of Mariupol has been allocated to Russian citizens and personnel while displaced residents face property loss and administrative obstacles to return — a transfer of the occupying power's own population into occupied territory.

sources: OHCHR — Russia's discriminatory policies in occupied parts of Ukraine displaced thousands and impede returns

25 August 2022 · Mariupol · Donetsk oblast

Mass graves near Mariupol

sources: t.me — Source record CIV1365

26 April 2022 · Mariupol · Donetsk oblast

Mine clearing vehicle targeting what appears to be a residential/commercial area.

sources: twitter.com — Source record CIV0840vk.com — Source record CIV0840

22 March 2022 · Mariupol · Donetsk oblast

Residential building damaged by explosions.

sources: t.me — Source record CIV0482

21 March 2022 · Mariupol · Donetsk oblast

Reported destruction of the Kuyindzhi gallery in Mariupol.

sources: t.me — Source record CIV0541localhistory.org.ua — Source record CIV0541ru.krymr.com — Source record CIV0541svoi.global — Source record CIV0541

16 March 2022 · Mariupol · Donetsk oblast

Russian aircraft dropped two 500 kg bombs on the Donetsk Regional Academic Drama Theatre, where hundreds of civilians were sheltering and the word 'ДЕТИ' ('children') had been painted on the forecourts, visible from the air. Amnesty International concluded the strike was a clear war crime. Death-toll estimates range from at least a dozen (Amnesty) to about 600 (an AP investigation, which called it the single deadliest known attack on civilians of the war).

sources: Amnesty International — Deadly Mariupol theatre strike 'a clear war crime' by Russian forcesAmnesty International (report) — 'Children': The attack on the Donetsk Regional Academic Drama Theatre in MariupolAssociated Press — AP investigation: Mariupol

9 March 2022 · Mariupol · Donetsk oblast

A Russian airstrike hit Maternity Hospital No. 3, a complex serving as both a children's hospital and maternity ward, killing at least four people including a child, causing at least one stillbirth, and wounding at least 17 — among them women in labour. The OSCE Moscow Mechanism and Truth Hounds concluded the strike was a war crime; Russia falsely claimed the scene was 'staged'.

sources: RFE/RL — Mariupol Maternity Hospital Destroyed By Russian Air StrikeTruth Hounds / IPHR — The Labour of Truth: Russia's Attack on a Maternity Hospital in Mariupol as a War CrimeWorld Health Organization — Ukraine emergency: Surveillance System for Attacks on Health Care

1 March 2022 · Mariupol · Donetsk oblast

For weeks Russian forces encircled Mariupol while cutting water, electricity, heating and food supplies and repeatedly blocking humanitarian corridors and relief convoys, leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without objects indispensable to survival.

sources: Human Rights Watch — Ukraine: Mariupol Residents Trapped Amid SiegeOHCHR — Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine

1 March 2022 · Mariupol · Donetsk oblast

During the siege of Mariupol, Russian authorities organised transfers of Ukrainian children, including orphans, to Russia and occupied Crimea without proper consent from relatives.

sources: Human Rights Watch — Ukraine: Human Rights Watch Ukraine coverage