Russia vs Ukraine

Organized violence recorded by UCDP, 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. Both countries are in the Europe region.

Ukraine recorded 5,525 organized-violence events in the last 12 months against 299 in Russia, about 18.5 times as many. Estimated deaths: 556 in Russia and 100,267 in Ukraine. Adjusted for population, Russia had 2.1 events per million people and Ukraine 141.7.

	Russia	Ukraine
Events, last 90 days	34	884
Change vs prior 90 days	-60%	+20%
Events, last 12 months	299	5,525
Est. deaths, last 12 months	556	100,267
Civilian deaths, last 12 months	225	2,796
Events per million people	2.1	141.7
Deaths per million people	3.9	2572.2
Regions with 5+ events	5	16
Main type of violence	State-based	State-based
Most recorded party	Government of Russia	Government of Russia

Russia

Events per month in Russia

Ukraine

Events per month in Ukraine

Population: World Bank. See methodology.