Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RUK028

Incident date

March 3, 2022

Location

Малинівка, Malynivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.796854, 36.712781 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One person, either a civilian or a militant, was killed by alleged Russian airstrikes and/or artillery shelling on the village of Malynivka in Kharkiv on March 3, 2022.

Liveuamap included a link that reported that one person was killed by airstrikes in Malynivka. 2day.kh.ua also reported that military warehouses were hit by airstrikes, and that “one death is known”. Neither source specifies whether the casualty was a civilian or a militant.

Kharkiv human rights group reported that shelling in the village of Malynivka caused a forest fire. Suspilne Kharkiv added that explosions were heard from the shelling, the windows were broken out of homes, and private houses were damaged.

2day.kh.ua attributed the airstrikes/artillery shelling to the “occupiers”, while other sources did not mention who was responsible.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR54154 and UKR52673.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Malynivka (Малинівка), for which the generic coordinates are: 49.796854, 36.712781. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Belligerents reported killed
    0–1

Sources (11) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Facebook post from MalinovkaOTG

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    0 – 1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Belligerents reported killed
    0–1

Sources (11) [ collapse]