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

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Russia: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 20 eventsP of organized violence in Russia in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 54P. The low estimate is 23 and the high estimate is 84P. UCDP counts 5P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 12 eventsP.

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

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.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Russia, August 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Belgorod oblast612
Krasnodar krai39
Kursk oblast929
Rostov oblast12
Saint Petersburg gorod12

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

Figure 1. Events in Russia, August 2026. The map shows 20 events with 54 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Russia has each event.

No event of this month has 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file has each event.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Russia: 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)20P54P
Government of Ukraine20P54P

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.

Type of violence

Table 3. Russia: events by type of violence, August 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict20P100%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

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

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 4. Monthly reports of Russia, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202620P54PCandidate Events
July 202612P22PCandidate Events
June 202612P34PCandidate Events
May 202613P49PCandidate Events
April 202642P81PCandidate Events
March 202625P43PCandidate Events
February 202616P20PCandidate Events
January 202617P17PCandidate Events
December 20253053GED
November 20252548GED
October 20252943GED
September 20254183GED
August 20253763GED
July 20253986GED
June 20253055GED
May 202548136GED
April 202562187GED
March 202577978GED
February 202563937GED
January 2025561,764GED
December 2024751,832GED
November 20241233,206GED
October 20241492,666GED
September 20241231,194GED
August 20241061,148GED

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.

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ConflictStats. Russia: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/russia/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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