Last updated: 3 April 2025
Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, this aerial photograph shows the destruction in the village of Bohorodychne in the Donetsk region on 27 January 2024. Photo by Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images
ACLED’s Ukraine Conflict Monitor provides near real-time information on the ongoing war, including an interactive map of the latest data from the start of Russia’s invasion, a curated data file, and weekly situation updates. It is designed to help researchers, policymakers, media, and the wider public track key conflict developments in Ukraine. It is released every Wednesday, with data covering events from Saturday to Friday of the preceding week and providing updates to past events as new or better information becomes available.
Ukraine war situation update
22 – 28 March 2025
1,296 political violence events
1% increase compared to last week
78 incidents of violence targeting civilians
7% decrease compared to last week
At least 25 fatalities from civilian targeting
14% decrease compared to last week
Key trends
- Russian forces occupied a total of seven settlements in the Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kharkiv regions, while Ukrainian forces regained a settlement in the Luhansk region.
- ACLED records 31 Russian long-range missile and drone strikes, including in the Kyiv region and Kyiv city. Ukrainian forces intercepted strikes in at least 15 other instances in 10 regions, including in the western region of Khmelnytskyi.
- Russian shelling, missiles, and drones killed at least 15 civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kherson regions, and in the city of Kyiv.
Key events
- 23 Mar. | Odesa – A woman dies when a package she brought to the police department in Bilyayivka explodes
- 24 Mar. | Sumy – A Russian missile strike injures 101 civilians, including 23 children, in Sumy city
- 28 Mar. | Dnipropetrovsk – A Russian drone strike kills four and wounds 25 civilians in Dnipro
Spotlight: Russia and Ukraine exchange accusations of targeting energy infrastructure
On 25 March, following US-mediated talks with Ukraine and Russia, the White House announced that both sides confirmed adherence to a 30-day moratorium on strikes against each other’s energy infrastructure. They also agreed to ensure the flow of goods via the Black Sea,1The White House, “Outcomes of the United States and Ukraine Expert Groups On the Black Sea,” 25 March 2025 though Russia tied implementation of this to the lifting of sanctions in the banking and agricultural sectors.2President of Russia, “Main outcomes of the Russia and United States expert groups meeting,” 25 March 2025 Nevertheless, ACLED data show that the situation on the ground and at sea did not improve.
Russia continued its systematic strikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. ACLED records strikes in at least eight locations across seven regions. On 27 March, Russian drones struck an industrial area in Poltava, disrupting power supply and damaging gas storage infrastructure at a Naftogaz facility.3Reuters, “Ukrainian gas firm reports damage from Russian strike amid energy ceasefire”, 28 March 2025 Earlier during the day, an artillery strike that lasted for over an hour damaged unspecified energy infrastructure and residential areas in Kherson, killing at least two civilians and injuring seven others, while causing a power outage in parts of the frontline city. Russian artillery and drone strikes damaged gas pipelines in the Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, and cut power lines across five regions, causing a power outage in the city of Mykolaiv.
Meanwhile, during the same week, Russia accused Ukraine of attacking underground gas storage sites on Tarkhankut Cape in occupied Crimea,4Yelizaveta Fokht, “Russia and Ukraine are arguing about the terms of the agreement on the Black Sea and energy facilities. What is the difference between their versions,” BBC News in Ukrainian, 27 March 2025 destroying the Sudzha gas metering station,5The Moscow Times, “Russian Army Accuses Ukraine of Attacking Sudzha Gas Metering Station,” 29 March 2025 and targeting the oil depots in Russia’s Krasnodar and Saratov regions, as well as electricity infrastructure in 11 other locations in four regions. Ukraine’s Military Intelligence also claimed that its drones struck two Russian tugboats and radars in Crimea.
Explore the ACLED Conflict Exposure tool to assess the numbers of people affected by armed violence, disaggregated by locations, time period, and actors involved.
Ukraine Conflict: Interactive Map
This interactive map includes political violence events in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022.
Date and subset filters
By default, the map displays data for the most recent week. Use the date filters to change the date range in view.
Use the subset filters to analyze trends in more detail.
Changing view
By default, the map is set to event view, which uses scaled circles to show events at a given location. Click on a region in Ukraine to zoom in for a more detailed view. Hovering over a region will give a count of events within its borders.
Changing to region (oblast) view will switch the map to a choropleth, giving an overview of event density per region. This will also disable the zoom function.
Events in Russia
While in event view, use the ‘Events in Russia’ toggle to show or hide conflict-related events in Russia. Conflict-related events are identified as follows:
- All events with the ‘Battles’ or ‘Explosions/remote violence’ event type.
- Events with the ‘Violence against civilians’ event type, where the actor is:
- Ukrainian or Russian military
- Russian border guards
- Pro-Ukrainian Russian militias
Attacks on Ukranian infrastructure
ACLED uses four automatically generated infrastructure tags when coding events that occur in Ukraine, each covering a vital sector that focuses on civilian infrastructure: energy, health, education, and residential infrastructure.
For more information, read our methodology explainer.
Event counts and civilian fatalities
The box in the bottom right hand corner displays event counts in total, disaggregated by event type, and filtered by date or subset according to the options already selected.
It also shows a conservative estimate of civilian fatalities, limited to events where civilians are targeted directly. Military casualties are not represented on the map as they are largely unverifiable.
For more information on how ACLED codes fatalities, read our methodology explainer.
Curated Data
This file contains all political violence events, demonstration events, and strategic developments recorded in Ukraine and the Black Sea from the beginning of ACLED coverage in 2018 to the present.
For an overview, see our interactive dashboard.
Ukraine & the Black Sea ( 28 March 2025 )
Attacks on Ukranian infrastructure
ACLED uses four automatically generated infrastructure tags when coding events that occur in Ukraine, each covering a vital sector that focuses on civilian infrastructure: energy, health, education, and residential infrastructure. This file contains all events featuring one or more of these tags.
For more information, read our methodology note.
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Information & Analysis
For additional information on the conflict in Ukraine, check our analysis of political violence trends from the start of ACLED coverage in 2018.
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