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)

150. Abduction, torture, and interrogation of village elder. Zmiivka (Kherson)
151. Detention, interrogation, beating, torture, sexual violence. Berdyans’k (Zaporizhzhia)
152. Detention, interrogation, beating. Balakliya (Kharkiv)
153. Detention, interrogation, torture. Balakliya (Kharkiv)
154. Forced transfer of children to Russian Federation territory. Kherson (Kherson)
155. Detention, interrogation, torture. Balakliya (Kharkiv)
156. Detention, torture. Balakliya (Kharkiv)
158. Detention of village leader. Nel’hivka (Zaporizhzhia)
160. Detention and interrogation. Starobesheve (Donetsk)
161. Forced transfer of children to Russian Federation territory. Beryslav (Kherson)
162. Occupation of local hospital. Snihurivka (Mykolaiv)
164. Shelling of hospital, forced evacuation through Russian Federation. Mariupol (Donetsk)
166. Shelling, deprivation of medical care, forced evacuation through Russian Federation. Rubizhne (Luhansk)
168. Forced transfer of children to Russian Federation territory. Oleshky (Kherson)
169. Detention and interrogation of civilian. Prymors’k (Zaporizhzhia)
170. Detention, interrogation, torture, denied medical care. Vasylivka (Zaporizhzhia)
171. Detention, interrogation, beating. Oleksandrivka (Zaporizhzhia)
172. Detainment, interrogation, beating, and displacement of priest. Melitopol’ (Zaporizhzhia)
173. Destruction of civilian car resulting in serious injury and death. Manhush (Donetsk)
174. Imprisonment of civilian. Mariupol (Donetsk)
175. Abduction, detention, interrogation, beating. Prymors’k (Zaporizhzhia)
177. Forced separation of child from parent. Mariupol (Donetsk)
178. Detention, interrogation. Nova Kakhovka (Kherson)
183. Detention, interrogation. Sofiivka (Zaporizhzhia)
185. Detention, interrogation. Sofiivka (Zaporizhzhia)
186. Detention, interrogation. Nova Kakhovka (Kherson)
187. Detention, forced cooperation. Kakhovka (Kherson)
189. Repeated detention, interrogation, and torture of village leader. Stanislav (Kherson)
196. Long-term detention of civilian. Yalta (Donetsk)
199. Missile strike on residential complex. Lviv (Lviv)
201. Detention and interrogation of educator, pressure to cooperate. Urozhaine (Kherson)
203. Obstruction of civilian evacuation. Vasylivka (Zaporizhzhia)
204. Multiple detentions, interrogation, and beating of community leader. Kremenivka (Donetsk)
207. Obstruction of civilian evacuation from flood zone. Hola Prystan (Kherson)
208. Eviction, obstruction of civilian evacuation from flood zone. Hola Prystan (Kherson)
209. Multiple detentions, interrogations, and beating of community leader. Mylove (Kherson)
210. Long-term detention of civilian, transfer to Russian Federation. Mylove (Kherson)
211. Abduction and killing of civilian. Myrolyubivka (Kherson)
212. Detention and interrogation of teacher. Berdyans’k (Zaporizhzhia)
216. Missile attacks on residential complex and hotel. Pokrovsk (Donetsk)
218. Detention, beating, torture of civilian. Snihurivka (Mykolaiv)
220. Detention and fatal torture of civilians. Lyubymivka (Kherson)
221. Interrogation and severe beating of civilian. Pavlivka (Mykolaiv)
224. Long-term detention of military doctor, witness to torture and sexual violence. Chelburda (Kherson)
225. Detention and interrogation of pastor. Snihurvika (Mykolaiv)
226. Detention, interrogation, beating of civilian. Shevchenkivka (Kherson)
227. Detention and abuse of civilians. Nove (Zaporizhia)
230. Missile attack on theater. Chernihiv (Chernihiv)
234. Detention and torture of community leader. Khreshchenivka (Kherson)
241. Detention and torture of community leader. Chervony Mayak (Kherson)
236. Environmental crimes, shelling of civilian homes. Zymivnyk (Kherson)
242. Detention and torture of civilian. Afanasiyivka (Mykolayiv)
243. Detention and torture of civilian. Vasylivka (Mykolayiv)
244. Detention and torture of civilians, sexual violence. Kherson (Kherson)
246. Detention and torture of civilian, denial of medical care. Verbove (Zaporizhzhia)
248. Detention and interrogation of female civilian. Yevhenivka (Mykolayiv)
249. Detention and torture of civilian. Vasylivka (Mykolayiv)
250. Deadly missile strike on busy restaurant. Kramatorsk (Donetsk)
251. Detention and interrogation of influential civilian, pressure to collaborate. Oleshky (Kherson)
254. Deportation of inmate to prison in Russian Federation. Stara Zburyivka (Kherson)
255. Looting, detention, interrogation, and beating of civilians. Kherson (Kherson)
257. Detention, interrogation, and severe beating of civilian. Yevhenivka (Mykolayiv)
256. Detention and beating of civilian attempting to evacuate. Pavlivka (Mykolaiv)
261. Detention, beating, and torture of civilian. Kherson (Kherson)
262. Detention and torture of Muslim cleric. Henichesk (Kherson)
266. Detention, torture, and death of civilian. Balakliya (Kharkiv)
268. Detention and interrogation of civilian. Ivano-Kepyne (Mykolaiv)
269. Airstrike on apartment building. Izium (Kharkiv)
271. Detention, interrogation, and beating of civilians. Hrakove (Kharkiv)
273. Long-term detention, interrogation, and torture of partisan leader. Kherson (Kherson)
274. Detention, interrogation, and torture of farmer. Bukharivka (Kherson)
276. Detention and interrogation of medically unwell civilian. Pavlivka (Mykolaiv)
278. Detention, interrogation, and abuse of community leader, shelling of village. Kachkarivka (Kherson)
280. Occupation of village and oppression of residents. Stepne (Kherson)
282. Detention, interrogation, and beating of civilian in POW camp in Russia. Hostomel (Kyiv)
284. Forced disappearance of civilian and looting. Hrakove (Kharkiv)
288. Missile strikes on residential areas. Kharkiv (Kharkiv)
290. Attempts to coerce police officer to collaborate with Russian forces. Ivankiv (Kyiv)
295. Persecution of Protestant pastor and closing of church. Melitopol (Zaporizhzhia)
299. Missile attack on firehouse. Kharkiv (Kharkiv)
297. Detention, interrogation, beating, and robbery of civilian. Enerhodar (Zaporizhzhia)
300. Occupation and destruction of village. Kozatske (Kherson)