Archive of Testimonies

Every entry in the archive is based on witness testimonies collected by The Reckoning Project’s journalists and researchers.
Witnesses are individuals who were either victims or observers of an alleged crime.
Entries contain a brief description of, and basic information about, incidents.

Featured Incidents

Below is a selection of incidents that include a variety of relevant media materials from The Reckoning Project and other vetted media outlets.

2. Three teenagers shot by tank. Mokhnatyn (Chernihiv)
13. Shelling of train station. Kramatorsk (Donetsk)
47. Forced relocation and illegal adoption of Ukrainian children. Mariupol (Donetsk)
55. Shelling of shopping mall. Kremenchuk (Poltava)
74. Mass captivity in school basement. Yahidne (Chernihiv)
113. Occupation of local hospital. Snihurivka (Mykolaiv)

1. Death of senior after denied medical care. Irpin (Kyiv)
2. Teenagers killed by tank. Mokhnatyn (Chernihiv)
3. Detention of civilian and denied medical care. Ivanivka (Chernihiv)
4. Disappearance and killing of civilian. Ivanivka (Chernihiv)
5. Civilians wounded and killed in strike on public square. Chernihiv (Chernihiv)
6. Torture of abducted community leader. Stara Zburivka (Kherson)
7. Torture of abducted priest. Kherson (Kherson)
8. Killing of elderly couple. Irpin (Kyiv)
9. Torture of detained civilian. Anadol (Donetsk)
10. Civilians held captive in residential basement. Irpin (Kyiv)
12. Torture of detained civilian. Bucha (Kyiv)
13. Shelling of train station. Kramatorsk (Donetsk)
14. Disappearance of tortured civilian. Yahidne (Chernihiv)
15. Shelling of civilians in grocery store line. Severodonetsk (Luhansk)
18. Shelling of vehicle evacuating civilians. Lysychansk (Luhansk)
19. Shelling of ambulance evacuating civilians. Lysychansk (Luhansk)
20. Detainment of village elder. Nova Basan (Chernihiv)
22. Detention of civilian leading to captivity in Russia. Boromlia (Sumy)
24. Shelling of theater. Mariupol (Donetsk)
25. Detainment of civilian. Kherson (Kherson)
26. Attack on civilian vehicle. Bucha (Kyiv)
28. Killing of university professor. Irpin (Kyiv)
29. Attack on civilian convoy during evacuation. Kozyntsi (Kyiv)
32. Civilians held captive in residential basement. Irpin (Kyiv)
33. Killing of detained civilian. Lotskyne (Mykolaiv)
35. Interrogation and torture of detained civilian. Novovorontsovka (Kherson)
36. Killing of civilians. Fenevychi (Kyiv)
37. Shooting and killing of civilians by military convoy. Velykyi Sambir (Sumy)
38. Detention and torture of civilian, shelling and killing of civilians. Stoyanka (Kyiv)
126. Detention, torture. Bilozerka (Kherson)
127. Occupation of local hospital. Snihurivka (Mykolaiv)
130. Detention, torture. Stara Zbur’ivka (Kherson)
131. Detention, torture. Kherson (Kherson)
132. Detention, psychological and physical torture. Kherson (Kherson)
134. Looting of civilian homes. Izium (Kharkiv)
135. Abduction, looting of museum. Melitopol’ (Zaporizhzhia)
136. Detention, interrogation, torture. Kherson (Kherson)
138. Detainment, interrogation, beating. Prymors’k (Zaporizhzhia)
139. Robbery, detention, torture. Savyntsi (Kharkiv)
39. Torture of detained local journalist. Nova Kakhovka (Kherson)
142. Forced transfer of children to Russian Federation territory. Kherson (Kherson)
42. Detention, torture, extrajudicial killing. Stepanivka (Kherson)
43. Attack on civilian evacuation convoy. Irpin (Kyiv)
44. Torture of detained civilians and murder. Trostianets (Sumy)
45. Fatal attack on civilian car during evacuation. Pisky (Chernihivska)
47. Forced deportation of children to the Russian Federation. Mariupol (Donetsk)
147. Shelling of humanitarian aid center. Severodonetsk (Luhansk)
48. Multiple detentions and torture of civilian. Izium (Kharkiv)
150. Abduction, torture, and interrogation of village elder. Zmiivka (Kherson)
151. Detention, interrogation, beating, torture, sexual violence. Berdyans’k (Zaporizhzhia)
51. Killing of tortured civilian. Vorzel (Kyiv)
52. Torture of detained civilian for raising national flag. Vovchansk (Kharkiv)
153. Detention, interrogation, torture. Balakliya (Kharkiv)
53. Torture of detained civilian. Izium (Kharkiv)
154. Forced transfer of children to Russian Federation territory. Kherson (Kherson)
155. Detention, interrogation, torture. Balakliya (Kharkiv)
55. Shelling of shopping center. Kremenchuk (Poltava)
156. Detention, torture. Balakliya (Kharkiv)
57. Torture of detained citizen. Kherson (Kherson)
158. Detention of village leader. Nel’hivka (Zaporizhzhia)
58. Occupation of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Prypiat (Kyiv)
59. Shelling of civilian homes. Chernihiv (Chernihiv)
160. Detention and interrogation. Starobesheve (Donetsk)
161. Forced transfer of children to Russian Federation territory. Beryslav (Kherson)
162. Occupation of local hospital. Snihurivka (Mykolaiv)
62. Detention and torture of local self-government representatives. Trostianets (Sumy)
63. Detainment of doctor. Snihurivka (Mykolaiv)
164. Shelling of hospital, forced evacuation through Russian Federation. Mariupol (Donetsk)
64. Shelling of hospital. Mykolaiv (Mykolaiv)
166. Shelling, deprivation of medical care, forced evacuation through Russian Federation. Rubizhne (Luhansk)
66. Killing of minor. Blystavytsia (Kyiv)
168. Forced transfer of children to Russian Federation territory. Oleshky (Kherson)
169. Detention and interrogation of civilian. Prymors’k (Zaporizhzhia)
69. Detention at school and shelling of cemetery. Yahidne (Chernihiv)
170. Detention, interrogation, torture, denied medical care. Vasylivka (Zaporizhzhia)
70. Occupation of hospital. Mariupol (Donetsk)
171. Detention, interrogation, beating. Oleksandrivka (Zaporizhzhia)
71. Abduction and forced collaboration of city council secretary. Nova Kakhovka (Kherson)
172. Detainment, interrogation, beating, and displacement of priest. Melitopol’ (Zaporizhzhia)
72. Crimes under occupation. Nova Kakhovka (Kherson)
173. Destruction of civilian car resulting in serious injury and death. Manhush (Donetsk)
174. Imprisonment of civilian. Mariupol (Donetsk)
74. Mass captivity in school basement. Yahidne (Chernihiv)
175. Abduction, detention, interrogation, beating. Prymors’k (Zaporizhzhia)
177. Forced separation of child from parent. Mariupol (Donetsk)
178. Detention, interrogation. Nova Kakhovka (Kherson)
78. Killing of civilian and burial in mass grave. Yahidne (Chernihiv)
79. Shelling of residential area. Kharkiv (Kharkiv)
80. Torture of abducted women. Shevchenkove (Kharkiv)
81. Torture of detained community leader. Novooleksandrivka (Kherson)
83. Torture of detained civilian. Balakliya (Kharkiv)
183. Detention, interrogation. Sofiivka (Zaporizhzhia)
85. Torture of detained local elder. Zamhlai (Chernihiv)
185. Detention, interrogation. Sofiivka (Zaporizhzhia)
86. Torture of abducted civilian. Shevchenkove (Kharkiv)
186. Detention, interrogation. Nova Kakhovka (Kherson)
87. Torture of detained civilian. Petrivka (Kharkiv)
187. Detention, forced cooperation. Kakhovka (Kherson)
88. Torture of abducted civilian. Kolisnykivka (Kharkiv)
89. Detainment and interrogation of civilian. Luk’yantsi (Kharkiv)