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Kyiv Special Republican city, Ukraine: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

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

UCDP recorded 8 eventsP of organized violence in Kyiv Special Republican city, Ukraine in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 38P. UCDP counts 37P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 7 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Ukraine, 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.

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.

Events

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

Table 1. Kyiv Special Republican city, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Aug 2026Kyiv Special Republican cityGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based999
5 Aug 2026Kyiv Special Republican cityGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based222
8 Aug 2026Kyiv Special Republican cityGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based111
20 Aug 2026Kyiv Special Republican cityGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based151515
20 Aug 2026Kyiv Special Republican cityGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based111
21 Aug 2026Kyiv Special Republican cityGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based111
29 Aug 2026Kyiv Special Republican cityGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based111
31 Aug 2026Kyiv Special Republican cityGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based888

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. Kyiv Special Republican city: 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)8P38P
Government of Ukraine8P38P

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 Kyiv Special Republican city, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20268P38PCandidate Events
July 20267P57PCandidate Events
June 20262P12PCandidate Events
May 20262P27PCandidate Events
April 20262P11PCandidate Events
January 20264P7PCandidate Events
December 202522GED
November 2025423GED
October 202538GED
September 202529GED
August 2025125GED
July 2025438GED
June 2025441GED
May 202512GED
April 2025214GED
March 202513GED
February 202511GED
January 202525GED
December 202411GED
October 202411GED

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

Kyiv Special Republican city: all figures

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ConflictStats. Kyiv Special Republican city, Ukraine: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/ukraine/kyiv-special-republican-city/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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