Soil samples were collected from funnels after artillery shelling (summer 2014) on burial mound Saur-Mogila (Donbas, Ukraine) as well as from urban garden soil near motorway in the Donetsk central district in order to determine the concentration of 11 toxic metals total content, acid-soluble forms and mobile forms. The concentrations of toxic metals Cd, Pb, Sr, Mo, Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, Ga, Mn, Tl were compared with maximum permitted concentration and background level. The results quality was

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... ed by standard addition method. The mean concentrations of Cd (2 samples) and Co (one sample) exceeded the guidelines while the other metals did not exceed. The level of Zn, Cu, Mn, Pb, Ni, Cd total and mobile forms in funnels soils was 2–7 times lower than in polluted urban garden soil. The sources of toxic metals in Donetsk garden soil may be from traffic and industrial emission. The total pollution index (Zc ) is much lower than the "permissible" category. The index of metals mobility (Sn) indicates their insignificant mobility with the exception of lead acid-soluble forms. The obtained results testify to the need for further systematic monitoring of the soils of battlefield in Donbas. These results refuted the hypothesis as for soil toxic metals content influence on observable state of vegetation in "Donetskiy Kryazh" landscape park near Saur-Mogila burial mound.