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Kursk oblast, Russia: events and estimated deaths in July 2026

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

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UCDP recorded 4 eventsP of organized violence in Kursk oblast, Russia in July 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 9P. The low estimate is 4 and the high estimate is 14P. UCDP counts 1P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for June 2026 was 10 eventsP.

The count for July 2025 was 22 events. The change from July 2025 to July 2026 is down 82 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Kursk oblast, Russia, July 2026 has the 23rd highest count of events. Kursk oblast, Russia holds 8 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Russia in July 2026. In July 2025, the share was 56 percent.

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

The report of the country for this month: Russia, July 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 26.0.9, 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. Kursk oblast, July 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
15 Jul 2026Khomutovsky rayon, Kursk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based111
17 Jul 2026Kursk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based316
19 Jul 2026Kursk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based214
20 Jul 2026Sudzhanskiy rayon, Kursk oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based313

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. Kursk oblast: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of July 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Russia (Soviet Union)4P9P
Government of Ukraine4P9P

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 Kursk oblast, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20265P14PCandidate Events
August 20269P29PCandidate Events
July 20264P9PCandidate Events
June 202610P15PCandidate Events
May 20262P7PCandidate Events
April 20267P25PCandidate Events
March 20265P9PCandidate Events
February 20263P4PCandidate Events
January 20262P3PCandidate Events
December 20251122GED
November 2025614GED
October 2025914GED
September 20251345GED
August 20251328GED
July 20252260GED
June 20252144GED
May 20252478GED
April 202540149GED
March 202556345GED
February 202554438GED
January 202554638GED
December 202465558GED
November 2024113973GED
October 2024127915GED
September 2024104518GED
August 202486528GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

Kursk oblast: all figures

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ConflictStats. Kursk oblast, Russia: events and estimated deaths in July 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/russia/kursk-oblast/month/2026-07/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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