This aerial photograph shows a destroyed church and other destruction in the village of Bohorodychne, Donetsk region, on January 27, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (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:
2 – 8 November 2024
1,053 political violence events
9% decrease compared to last week
60 incidents of violence targeted at civilians
17% decrease compared to last week
At least 41 fatalities from civilian targeting
3% increase compared to last week
Key trends
- Russian forces continued to advance in the area between Pokrovsk, Vuhladar, and Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region and in the area of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region.
- Russian forces may have restored control over their side of the Russian-Ukrainian international border near Novyi Put in the southwestern part of Kursk region.
- ACLED records 32 Russian long-range missile and drone strikes, with almost half of them taking place in the districts of Kyiv city. Ukrainian forces also intercepted strikes in at least 45 further instances.
- Russian shelling, missiles, and drones killed at least 37 civilians across Ukraine. In addition, Ukrainian shelling killed two civilians in Russia-occupied Horlivka in the Donetsk region.
Key events
- 5 Nov. | Zaporizhia – A Russian missile hits civilian infrastructure in Zaporizhia city, killing eight civilians and wounding 24 others
- 6 Nov. | Dagestan – Ukrainian drones strike the Russian port of Kaspiysk, likely damaging two Russian warships
- 7 Nov. | Zaporizhia – Russian aerial bombs kill 10 civilians and wound 42 others in Zaporizhia city
Spotlight: Russia moves to encircle Kurakhove
Russian forces began encircling the town of Kurakhove in the Donetsk region. Russian forces seized four settlements in Ukraine last week, all of them around Kurakhove, and advanced towards the town from the eastern, northern, and southwestern directions. Over half of all political violence events recorded in the Donetsk region last week took place in the Pokrovskyi district, home to Kurakhove, and almost a quarter – in the Kurakhivska territorial community. By securing the area of Kurakhove, Russian forces could be laying the foundation to resume their offensive on the major logistical hub of Pokrovsk.1Maria Kucheriavets, ‘Why Russia targeted Kurakhove and what risks it creates for the Ukrainian army: an expert’s assessment,’ RBC-Ukraine, 6 November 2024
Out of the pre-war population of over 20,000,2The Economist, ‘Danger in Donbas as Ukraine’s front line falters,’ 8 September 2024 up to a thousand residents currently remain in Kurakhove. With civilian infrastructure destroyed under constant shelling and drone strikes, most residents live in basements without running water, heating, or electricity.3Anton Shtuka and Evgeniy Maloletka, ‘As Russian forces close in on Kurakhove, hundreds of residents remain in the front-line city,’ Associated Press, 10 November 2024 Since a 6 October attack on aid workers in Illinka, north of Kurakhove, entry to the area has been prohibited, including for humanitarian aid organizations, with police evacuating civilians from the town in armored vehicles.4Anna Zheleznyak, ‘Evacuation in an armored vehicle, no aid since the enemy strikes transport – the Kurakhove city military administration explained the situation,’ Suspilne Media, 6 November 2024
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
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 ( 08 November 2024 )
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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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