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Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: Kharkiv oblastPopulation about 2,598,961 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 23 eventsP of organized violence in Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 41P. The low estimate is 33 and the high estimate is 50P. The count for August 2026 was 28 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 568 eventsP in Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 1,144P. The low estimate is 957 and the high estimate is 1,780P. UCDP counts 348P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 16 regions of Ukraine with a page, Kharkiv oblast has the 3rd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. Kharkiv oblast holds 12 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Ukraine in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 859 events in Kharkiv oblast. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 568P, which is down 34 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Ukraine as a whole went from 6,902 to 4,642P, which is down 33 percent. For the events in Kharkiv oblast, the three types of violence have shares within 5 points of the shares for Ukraine.

Table 1. Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events2328568
Estimated deaths, best estimate41591,144
Low estimate of deaths3351957
High estimate of deaths50671,780
Deaths of civilians3046348

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 26.0.9, 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.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

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Figure 1. Events in Kharkiv oblast by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in Kharkiv oblast, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 568 events with 1,144 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.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Kharkiv oblast: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP1P1P
Government of Russia (Soviet Union)567P1,143P
Government of Ukraine565P1,138P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

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

Second-level areas

The areas in Kharkiv oblast that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of Kharkiv oblast in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Berestyn raion3P4P
Bohodukhiv raion23P34P
Chuhuiv raion102P236P
Izyum raion37P76P
Kharkiv raion79P139P
Kupiansk raion219P455P
Lozova raion4P6P

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Kharkiv oblast: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict565P99%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians3P1%

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

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of Kharkiv oblast, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202623P41PCandidate Events
August 202628P59PCandidate Events
July 202639P96PCandidate Events
June 202632P52PCandidate Events
May 202622P41PCandidate Events
April 202629P57PCandidate Events
March 202625P57PCandidate Events
February 202613P23PCandidate Events
January 202631P68PCandidate Events
December 2025110223GED
November 2025113223GED
October 2025103204GED
September 202585154GED
August 202581173GED
July 202579164GED
June 202547100GED
May 202552129GED
April 202570205GED
March 202573265GED
February 202576274GED
January 202547199GED
December 202477314GED
November 202459153GED
October 2024113268GED
September 2024116403GED
August 2024119240GED

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.

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ConflictStats. Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/ukraine/kharkiv-oblast/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 23 eventsP of organized violence in Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 28 eventsP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 1,144P. The low estimate is 957 and the high estimate is 1,780P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.