Ukraine's acting prosecutor general, Anton Kovalsky, released updated figures on civilian casualties and criminal proceedings linked to Russia's invasion on October 23. According to the office, 2,960 civilians have been killed and 16,316 injured since the start of 2026.
Kovalsky also reported more than 266,000 registered criminal proceedings concerning alleged war crimes since the start of the full-scale invasion. That figure refers to registered proceedings, not cases in which courts have issued convictions. One proceeding can cover multiple incidents, and many investigations remain ongoing.
These figures come from Ukrainian prosecutors. They are not automatically comparable to the figures compiled by the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, which publishes its own verified civilian casualty data. Comparing the two datasets without accounting for differences in definitions and verification methods would be misleading.
Ukrainian investigators document attacks on communities, homes and civilian infrastructure, as well as other alleged violations of the laws of war. Establishing responsibility for a particular incident requires an investigation and an assessment of evidence; registering a criminal proceeding does not itself establish any individual's legal guilt.