List of disasters in Ukraine by death toll

The list of disasters in Ukraine by death toll includes major disasters and accidents – excluding warfare and other intentional acts – that took place on Ukrainian soil, involved the Ukrainian military, or the predominant number of victims were Ukrainians or Ukrainian citizens.

Over 100 confirmed deaths

Disaster Type Location Deaths Date Ref.
Kurenivka mudslide Mudflow Kyiv 145 (officially) – 1500 (later unofficial investigations) 13 March 1961 [1]
1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision Aviation accident Near Kamianske 178 11 August 1979 [2] [3]
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 Aviation accident Sukha Balka, Donetsk Oblast 170 22 August 2006 [4]
Aeroflot Flight 1491 Aviation accident Kharkiv 122 18 May 1972 [5]
2007 Zasyadko mine disaster Mining accident Donetsk 101 18 November 2007 [6]

40 to 99 confirmed deaths

Disaster Type Location Deaths Date Ref.
Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 Aviation accident Black Sea 78 4 October 2001 [7]
Sknyliv air show disaster Aviation accident Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport 77 27 July 2002 [8]
Aeroflot Flight 1969 Aviation accident Luhansk International Airport 65 31 March 1971 [9]
Aeroflot Flight N-826 Aviation accident Preobrazhenky, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 55 3 August 1969 [10]
Aeroflot Flight 1802 Aviation accident Viktorivka, Chernihiv Raion, Chernihiv Oblast 52 15 May 1976 [11]
Malév Flight 110 Aviation accident Near Boryspil International Airport 49 16 September 1971 [12]
Aeroflot Flight N-63 Aviation accident Near Havryshivka Vinnytsia International Airport 48 12 November 1971 [13]
Aeroflot Flight N-36 Aviation accident Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) 48 17 December 1976 [14]
Chernobyl disaster Nuclear accident Chernobyl 45–64 26 April 1986 [15]
Marhanets train accident Traffic collision Marhanets 45 12 October 2010 [16]
1959 Lviv An-10 crash Aviation accident Lviv 40 16 November 1959 [17]

20 to 39 confirmed deaths

Disaster Type Location Deaths Date Ref.
1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision Aviation accident Near Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast 94 3 May 1985 [18] [19]
Korystivka station train accident Train wreck Korystivka 44 6 November 1986 [20]
Aeroflot Flight 315 (1959) Aviation accident Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport 40 16 November 1959 [21]
Aeroflot Flight 3630 Aviation accident Near Dnipro 37 2 September 1970 [22]
2015 Zasyadko mine disaster Mining accident Donetsk 34 4 March 2015 [23]
Korsun Mine No.1 accident Mining accident Horlivka 33 13 March 1917 [24]
1960 Lviv An-10 crash Aviation accident Lviv 32 26 February 1960 [25]
2011 Ukraine mine accidents Mining accident Molodohvardiisk and Makiivka 29 29 July 2011 [26]
Aeroflot Flight 036 Aviation accident Tarasovychi, Kyiv Oblast 27 17 August 1960 [27]
2008 Yevpatoria gas explosion Gas explosion Yevpatoria 27 24 December 2008 [28]
2020 Chuhuiv An-26 crash Aviation accident Highway M03 near Chuhuiv Air Base 26 25 September 2020 [29]
2007 Dnipro apartment building explosion Gas explosion Dnipro 23 13 October 2007 [30]
Borki train disaster Train wreck Birky, Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast 21 29 October 1888 [31]

10 to 19 confirmed deaths

Disaster Type Location Deaths Date Ref.
December 2019 Odesa fire Structure fire Odesa 16 4 December 2019 [32]
2021 Kharkiv fire Structure fire Kharkiv 15 21 January 2021 [33]
2023 Brovary helicopter crash Aviation accident Brovary 14 18 February 2023 [34]
2008 Ukraine coal mine collapse Mining accident Yenakiieve 13 8 June 2008 [35]
Vyry bus–train collision Traffic collision Vyry, Sumy Oblast 12 4 February 2014 [36]

Fewer than 10 confirmed deaths

Disaster Type Location Deaths Date Ref.
Aeroflot Flight N-528 Aviation accident Berdiansk Airport 8 19 June 1987 [37]
Stepova mine explosion Mining accident Hlukhiv, Lviv Oblast 8 2 March 2017 [38]
1995 Borodianka mid-air collision Aviation accident Borodianka Raion 7 10 February 1995 [39]
Odesa psychiatric hospital fire Structure fire Odesa 7 10 June 2019 [40]
Kryachki oil depot fire Structure fire Kryachki 6 8 June 2015 [41]
2013 Horlivka chemical accident Chemical accident Horlivka 5 6 August 2013 [42]
South Airlines Flight 8971 Aviation accident Donetsk International Airport 5 13 February 2013 [43]
Ukraine Air Alliance Flight 4050 Aviation accident Lviv 5 4 October 2019 [44]
Zaporizhia Regional Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital fire Structure fire Zaporizhzhia 4 3–4 February 2021 [45] [46]
Camp Viktoriia fire Structure fire Odesa 3 16 September 2017 [47]
2024 Black Sea oil spill Shipwrecking Kerch Strait 1 15 December 2024 [48]

See also

References

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