Satellite Damage Assessment for Mariupol Districts in 2022

773 structures in the Livoberezhnyi and Zhovtnevyi districts of Mariupol, Ukraine, sustained visible damage as of March 2022. Analysts from the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) identified 62 destroyed buildings, 315 severely damaged, and 321 moderately damaged, including 8 schools and 4 health facilities. This preliminary analysis is based on satellite imagery collected on March 14, 2022.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial distribution of destroyed, severely damaged, and moderately damaged structures across the two districts.
• Assess the impact on critical infrastructure by identifying damaged schools and health facilities within the area of interest.
• Calculate damage density metrics using the total count of 17,594 structures and the 773 damaged ones for the defined area.
• Compare pre- and post-conflict conditions using imagery from June 2021 and March 2022 for change detection.

Strengths

• Analysis covers 17,594 individual structures, providing a detailed building-level assessment.
• Damage is categorized into four specific severity levels (destroyed, severe, moderate, possible).
• Includes identification of 8 damaged schools and 4 damaged health facilities.

Limitations

• The analysis is preliminary and has not been validated by ground teams, potentially introducing classification errors.
• The dataset is a single snapshot from March 2022 and does not capture subsequent damage or reconstruction.
• Sample size for specific building types like schools is small (8).

Provenance

Source

United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT)

Collection Method

Manual analyst interpretation of satellite imagery (Maxar/DigitalGlobe).

Time Range

Imagery dates: June 21, 2021 and March 14, 2022.

Freshness

Data reflects conditions as of March 14, 2022, though the metadata was last updated in April 2026.

Geography

Livoberezhnyi and Zhovtnevyi districts, Mariupol City, Ukraine.