Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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Belgorod oblast, Russia: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 6 eventsP of organized violence in Belgorod oblast, Russia in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 12P. The low estimate is 6 and the high estimate is 19P. UCDP counts 2P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 6 eventsP.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The report of the country for this month: Russia, August 2026.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Russia has each event.

Table 1. Belgorod oblast, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
8 Aug 2026Shebekinskiy raion, Belgorod oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based6210
14 Aug 2026Yakovlevsky raion, Belgorod oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based111
22 Aug 2026Belgorod oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based213
23 Aug 2026Belgorodsky raion, Belgorod oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based111
24 Aug 2026Belgorod oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based111
25 Aug 2026Shebekinskiy raion, Belgorod oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based103

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Belgorod oblast: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Russia (Soviet Union)6P12P
Government of Ukraine6P12P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Belgorod oblast, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20266P12PCandidate Events
July 20266P9PCandidate Events
June 20266P24PCandidate Events
May 20269P12PCandidate Events
April 202622P33PCandidate Events
March 202612P16PCandidate Events
February 20269P11PCandidate Events
January 20269P8PCandidate Events
December 20251421GED
November 20251316GED
October 20251318GED
September 20251819GED
August 20251417GED
July 20251115GED
June 202577GED
May 20251849GED
April 20251529GED
March 20251741GED
February 2025811GED
December 202444GED
November 2024811GED
October 20242072GED
September 20241735GED
August 20241523GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Belgorod oblast: all figures

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ConflictStats. Belgorod oblast, Russia: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/russia/belgorod-oblast/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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