Russia–Ukraine war tracker
What is happening in the Ukraine war?
Russia–Ukraine war: background since 2014, key actors, a sourced timeline, what to watch, and monthly conflict events and fatalities for both countries.
This tracker compares the latest available monthly conflict summaries for Ukraine and Russia. The totals reflect the maintained humanitarian dataset's country records and are not a battlefield map, casualty estimate, or prediction.
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Latest maintained month
Country conflict pulse
Metrics are country-level records for the latest available HAPI/HDX reference month. Missing countries are unavailable, not zero. A combined total is withheld when reference periods differ.
Maintained month snapshot
This page records the committed 2026-10-01 HAPI/HDX country summaries published November 2, 2026. JavaScript can refresh newer values; the numbers above remain available without it.
Source: SUZU Monitor weekly pulse snapshot, November 2, 2026. Combined totals are withheld when covered countries report different reference months.
Background
Ukraine's borders have been contested since 2014. On 27 March 2014 the UN General Assembly declared the 16 March Crimea referendum to have 'no validity' and reaffirmed Ukraine's territorial integrity by 100 votes to 11. Overnight on 23-24 February 2022, while the Security Council was in session, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a 'military operation' in Ukraine. In September 2022 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said any annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia 'would have no legal value'. Sources: UN News (1, 2), UNRIC.
UN agencies keep the tallies. Marking the fourth anniversary in February 2026, Guterres cited more than 15,000 civilians killed and over 41,000 injured, including 3,200 children, Reuters reported. UNHCR estimated 5.9 million refugees from Ukraine recorded globally at the end of 2025, close to 5.4 million of them in Europe, and about 1.4 million who had returned for at least three months. OCHA's 2026 plan counts 10.8 million people in need inside Ukraine and seeks US$2.3 billion to assist 4.1 million. Sources: Arab News, UNHCR, UN Ukraine.
Diplomacy and bombardment run in parallel. In September 2026 Al Jazeera reported that US efforts had stalled during Washington's war with Iran and that US envoys proposed technical three-way talks. The UN human rights mission verified at least 328 civilians killed and 2,105 injured in September 2026, 85 per cent more than a year earlier, and recorded strikes on Kyiv's three main power stations on 13-14 October. On 23 October Reuters reported a local ceasefire for occupied Oleshky and a 270-for-270 prisoner exchange. Sources: Al Jazeera, UN News, Yahoo News.
Key actors
Timeline
What to watch
Background, actors, timeline and watch list last reviewed against the linked sources. They are context for the monthly figures above, not part of the HAPI/HDX dataset.
Country readings
2 of the 2 covered countries have a Country Instability Index reading. The highest is Ukraine at 87 (Critical), and the lowest is Russia at 71 (High). Instability is a live 0-100 stress score; resilience is a structural 0-100 index ranked across countries. Both describe each country as a whole, not this crisis alone, and a country without a reading reflects index coverage, not a statement about risk.
| Country | Instability (CII) | CII movement | Resilience score | Resilience rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 87 (Critical) | Rising +1 | 47.9 / 100 | #116 of 169 |
| Russia | 71 (High) | Falling -1 | 50.8 / 100 | #98 of 169 |
Sources: Country Instability Index published pulse and the country resilience index snapshot used on each country page.
Coverage boundary
Ukraine (UA), Russia (RU). Events outside this list are not included in the live totals on this page.
Live data
How to read this tracker
Use these monthly country summaries as a bounded pulse, then inspect the dashboard for event-level context, map layers, and other independent signals. The figures are not forecasts and should not be interpreted as a complete casualty or incident ledger. SUZU Monitor's forecasts are graded separately, and that record is published on the forecast accuracy scorecard.
Questions about the Russia–Ukraine war
What is happening in the Ukraine war?
Diplomacy and bombardment run in parallel. In September 2026 Al Jazeera reported that US efforts had stalled during Washington's war with Iran and that US envoys proposed technical three-way talks. The UN human rights mission verified at least 328 civilians killed and 2,105 injured in September 2026, 85 per cent more than a year earlier, and recorded strikes on Kyiv's three main power stations on 13-14 October. On 23 October Reuters reported a local ceasefire for occupied Oleshky and a 270-for-270 prisoner exchange. Last reviewed October 24, 2026 against the linked sources.
What did the last published monthly figures show for the Russia–Ukraine war?
In SUZU Monitor's weekly snapshot published November 2, 2026, HAPI/HDX humanitarian conflict summaries record 7,809 conflict events and 3,802 fatalities across Russia and Ukraine for the reference period starting October 1, 2026. These are monthly country-level summaries, not a complete casualty or incident ledger; the figures above may refresh to a newer month.
Which countries does the Russia–Ukraine war tracker cover?
Ukraine and Russia. Events outside these countries are not included in the totals on this page.
Download: tracker.json. Scope source: SUZU Monitor crisis registry. Maintained metrics: HAPI/HDX humanitarian conflict summaries from the UN OCHA Humanitarian API.
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