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Zaporizhzhya oblast, Ukraine: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

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

UCDP recorded 40 eventsP of organized violence in Zaporizhzhya oblast, Ukraine in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 98P. The low estimate is 59 and the high estimate is 143P. UCDP counts 42P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 45 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.

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Events

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

Table 1. Zaporizhzhya oblast, August 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (2 of 40 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
13 Aug 2026Polohy raion, Zaporizhzhya oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based10220
31 Aug 2026Vasylivka raion, Zaporizhzhya oblastGovernment of Russia (Soviet Union); Government of UkraineState-based14326

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. Zaporizhzhya oblast: 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)40P98P
Government of Ukraine40P98P

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 Zaporizhzhya oblast, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202640P98PCandidate Events
July 202645P83PCandidate Events
June 202649P109PCandidate Events
May 202635P69PCandidate Events
April 202635P65PCandidate Events
March 202658P168PCandidate Events
February 202624P32PCandidate Events
January 202621P49PCandidate Events
December 2025101202GED
November 202585185GED
October 202583184GED
September 202577141GED
August 202580164GED
July 202569160GED
June 20254681GED
May 202547109GED
April 202567184GED
March 202563136GED
February 202545106GED
January 20252461GED
December 20242991GED
November 202440107GED
October 20244682GED
September 20244985GED
August 20244276GED

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.

Zaporizhzhya oblast: all figures

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ConflictStats. Zaporizhzhya oblast, Ukraine: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/ukraine/zaporizhzhya-oblast/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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