- The Ukraine War in data: 16,000 alleged war crimes, and counting
- The Ukraine War in data: 16,000 alleged war crimes, and counting
- How do you investigate war crimes during a war? Ukraine pushes to hold Russia accountable.
- The Ukraine War in data: 21 ‘filtration sites’ — and charges of war crimes
- The Ukraine War in data: Counting Russian casualties — in the ‘fog of war’
Prosecuting even a fraction of these cases will be a daunting task.
While the tens of thousands of alleged perpetrators may not enjoy the protections of the Russian president, there are multiple obstacles to bringing them to justice: the challenge of collecting evidence in active war zones; gaining access to suspects — unless they have been captured by the Ukrainians; and the more bureaucratic challenge of gathering and organizing mountains of evidence, and determining whether cases should be brought by Ukrainian or international courts.
We offer a comprehensive set of data points on the war in Ukraine below. Grid originally published this document on March 24, 2022, the one-month anniversary of the war. We update it every Thursday to provide a fuller picture of the conflict.
Civilians killed: at least 8,300 (probably thousands more)
Ukrainian soldiers killed: at least 13,000
Russian soldiers killed: between 5,937 and 161,000
Russians who have fled their country: at least 500,000
Total displaced Ukrainians: approximately 14 million
Internally displaced Ukrainians: estimated 5.4 million
An overview of the violence
Recent Grid coverage
- Can China really play a role in ending the war in Ukraine? (March 22)
- After a year of war, why is Russian gas still flowing through Ukraine? (March 20)
- Ron DeSantis doesn’t think supporting Ukraine is a core U.S. interest. Here’s what that means for Putin, Zelenskyy and the Republican Party. (March 15)
- Why prosecuting Russian war crimes in Ukraine may be awkward for the US (March 13)
- Russia’s biggest celebrities are taking sides on the Ukraine War — and the Kremlin is crushing the dissenters (March 9)
Learn more: Grid’s 360s on the Ukraine War
- 360: What led to Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II
- 360: Casualty of war in Ukraine: The global food supply
- 360: War in Ukraine: How we got here — and what may come next
- 360: Russia’s billionaires: Who they are, what they own — and can they influence Vladimir Putin?
- 360: Why danger still looms at Ukraine’s nuclear power plants
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