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Sumy oblast, Ukraine: events and estimated deaths in October 2024

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP GEDData through

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UCDP recorded 8 events of organized violence in Sumy oblast, Ukraine in October 2024. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 13. UCDP counts 11 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for September 2024 was 24 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Sumy oblast, Ukraine, October 2024 has the 25th highest count of events. Sumy oblast, Ukraine holds 1 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Ukraine in October 2024.

The report of the country for this month: Ukraine, October 2024.

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 Ukraine has each event.

Table 1. Sumy oblast, October 2024: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
1 Oct 2024Shostkynskyi raion, Sumy oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based111
4 Oct 2024Sumy raion, Sumy oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based222
7 Oct 2024Konotop raion, Sumy oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based222
8 Oct 2024Shostkynskyi raion, Sumy oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based222
18 Oct 2024Shostkynskyi raion, Sumy oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based111
20 Oct 2024Shostkynskyi raion, Sumy oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based111
21 Oct 2024Sumy raion, Sumy oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based333
30 Oct 2024Sumy raion, Sumy oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based111

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Sumy oblast: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of October 2024, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Russia (Soviet Union)813
Government of Ukraine813

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Sumy oblast, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202619P31PCandidate Events
August 202624P31PCandidate Events
July 202615P33PCandidate Events
June 202625P30PCandidate Events
May 202620P29PCandidate Events
April 202621P101PCandidate Events
March 202614P17PCandidate Events
February 202618P30PCandidate Events
January 202615P24PCandidate Events
December 20254581GED
November 20253766GED
October 202557103GED
September 202565120GED
August 202552159GED
July 202550184GED
June 202528243GED
May 202541214GED
April 202539174GED
March 20252849GED
February 20251118GED
January 2025825GED
December 20242242GED
November 20241036GED
October 2024813GED
September 20242451GED
August 20242127GED

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Sumy oblast: all figures

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ConflictStats. Sumy oblast, Ukraine: events and estimated deaths in October 2024. https://conflictstats.com/country/ukraine/sumy-oblast/month/2024-10/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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