Mykolayiv: held, 694 civilian incidents

Ukraine Controlled Extreme Activity 46.990913°N 31.982193°E

Total Events

6,440

Artillery

1,908

UAV Attacks

284

Active Period

Feb 24, 2022 — Mar 31, 2026

Conflict Event Overview

Event Type	Count	% of Total
explosion Artillery Shelling	1,908	29.6%
home Property Damage	864	13.4%
group Civilian Casualties	694	10.8%
warning IED/Mine Events	539	8.4%
flight Airstrikes	395	6.1%
flight_takeoff UAV/Drone Attacks	284	4.4%
radar Air Defense Actions	275	4.3%
undo Retreats/Withdrawals	209	3.2%
person_off Military Casualties	115	1.8%
bolt Raids	98	1.5%
local_fire_department Firefights	65	1%
shield Armored Engagements	58	0.9%
local_hospital Hospital/Medical	47	0.7%
domain Occupation Events	46	0.7%
computer Cyber Operations	17	0.3%

Event Type Distribution

Year-by-Year Conflict Profile

Year	Events	Artillery	Airstrikes	UAV	Civilian	YoY Change
2022	4,486	1,532	199	114	470	—
2023	769	166	35	26	54	-83%
2024	685	164	106	73	117	-11%
2025	455	39	51	63	42	-34%
2026	45	7	4	8	11	-90%

Documented Conflict Events

Showing 50 most recent individual event records for Mykolayiv.

Date	Event Types	Reports	Allegiance	Source
2026-03-31		1	RU UA	liveuamap
2026-03-29	UAV/Drone AttacksCivilian Casualties	1	RU	liveuamap
2026-03-17	Artillery ShellingCivilian CasualtiesProperty Damage	1	RU	liveuamap
2026-03-15	UAV/Drone Attacks	1	UA	espreso
2026-03-06	Firefights	1	UA	liveuamap
2026-03-05	Firefights	1	RU UA	liveuamap
2026-03-05	AirstrikesProperty Damage	1	RU UA	liveuamap
2026-03-04		1		unian
2026-03-04		1	UA	meduza
2026-03-04	Artillery ShellingProperty Damage	1	RU UA	espreso
2026-03-03	Firefights	1	UA	liveuamap
2026-03-02	Firefights	1	UA	liveuamap
2026-03-01		1	UA	unian
2026-03-01		1		liga
2026-02-26	Artillery Shelling	1	RU UA	liveuamap
2026-02-24	IED/Mine EventsCivilian CasualtiesProperty Damage	1		liveuamap
2026-02-24	Civilian CasualtiesProperty Damage	1	RU	espreso
2026-02-24		1	RU UA	espreso
2026-02-23	IED/Mine Events	1		liveuamap
2026-02-23	RaidsIED/Mine EventsCivilian CasualtiesProperty Damage	1		unian
2026-02-23	IED/Mine EventsCivilian CasualtiesProperty Damage	1	RU	liga
2026-02-23	IED/Mine EventsCivilian CasualtiesProperty Damage	2		espreso, unian
2026-02-22		1	UA	unian
2026-02-18	Artillery ShellingAir Defense ActionsProperty Damage	1	RU UA	liveuamap
2026-02-18	UAV/Drone AttacksCivilian CasualtiesProperty Damage	1	RU	liveuamap
2026-02-06	UAV/Drone Attacks	1	RU UA	unian
2026-02-04	Artillery ShellingAir Defense Actions	1	RU UA	liveuamap
2026-01-26	Civilian CasualtiesProperty Damage	1	RU	unian
2026-01-25	Artillery ShellingUAV/Drone AttacksCivilian CasualtiesProperty Damage	1	RU	espreso
2026-01-21	Property Damage	1	UA	liveuamap
2026-01-18	IED/Mine Events	1		liveuamap
2026-01-18		1	RU UA	espreso
2026-01-16	Artillery ShellingCivilian CasualtiesProperty Damage	1	RU	liveuamap
2026-01-11	AirstrikesProperty Damage	1	RU UA	liveuamap
2026-01-11	Firefights	1	UA	liveuamap
2026-01-10		1		espreso
2026-01-10	UAV/Drone Attacks	1	RU	liveuamap
2026-01-10	UAV/Drone AttacksRaidsProperty Damage	1		liveuamap
2026-01-08		1		liga
2026-01-06		1		liveuamap
2026-01-06		1		liga
2026-01-05		1		unian
2026-01-05	AirstrikesProperty Damage	1	RU UA	liveuamap
2026-01-04	AirstrikesProperty Damage	1	RU UA	liveuamap
2026-01-01	UAV/Drone Attacks	1	RU UA	liveuamap
2025-12-31	Firefights	1	UA	liveuamap
2025-12-24		1		unian
2025-12-23	UAV/Drone AttacksIED/Mine Events	1	RU	liveuamap
2025-12-22	UAV/Drone AttacksRaidsCivilian CasualtiesProperty Damage	1	UA	liveuamap
2025-12-22	Firefights	1	UA	liveuamap

Activity Timeline

Monthly Events in Mykolayiv

Territorial Control History

Current Status: Ukraine Controlled

Mykolayiv has been under Russian control for approximately 0 recorded days since February 2022.

Ukraine Russia Contested

Territorial Control Transitions

Mykolayiv has experienced 2 documented control status changes.

2022-03-01 — Status changed to Contested (ISW: UA)

Duration: 14 days

2022-03-15 — Status changed to Ukraine Controlled (ISW: UA)

Duration: 1496 days (ongoing)

Peak Conflict Periods

Months with 30+ recorded events in Mykolayiv, ranked by intensity.

Month	Events	Artillery	Airstrikes	UAV	Civilian Impact
2022-07	636	261	27	10	64
2022-08	580	234	15	11	53
2022-03	552	137	41	6	58
2022-06	518	197	23	13	74
2022-05	433	138	7	23	41
2022-09	427	162	12	11	44
2022-04	408	139	18	7	58
2022-10	382	119	30	23	35
2022-11	277	83	11	5	22
2022-12	187	51	11	4	14
2023-05	96	9	2	3	5
2025-07	94	10	0	18	11

Intelligence Sources

News and monitoring sources that reported conflict events in Mykolayiv.

liveuamap

2,186 (33.9%)

pravdaua

630 (9.8%)

24tvua

605 (9.4%)

unian

572 (8.9%)

interfaxua

497 (7.7%)

412 (6.4%)

espreso

324 (5%)

liga

313 (4.9%)

ria

176 (2.7%)

pravdaua, unian

54 (0.8%)

Force Activity Analysis

Russian-Attributed

2,047

31.8% of events

Ukrainian-Attributed

656

10.2% of events

Russian Forces Ukrainian Forces

Comparative Analysis

vs Mykolayiv Average

Metric	Mykolayiv	Oblast Avg	Difference
Total Events	6,440	1,018	+5,422
Artillery Events	1,908	312	+1,596
Airstrike Events	395	65	+330
UAV Events	284	47	+237
Civilian Casualties	694	110	+584

Data Source

Location Conflict Data: VIINA Dataset (Georgetown University) — Violent Incident Information from News Articles. Territorial control: ISW + DeepStateMap composite.

Last updated: March 31, 2026