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(Previous Incident Code: RUK0059)
A 16 year old boy was killed by alleged Russian shelling of a market in the village of Zhukovsky on March 9, 2022.
Suspilne Media reported that a 16 year old boy was killed by shelling of the market located at 5/7 Akademika Proskury Street in the village of Zhukovsky. Market Director Maryna Volobuyeva stated that she was informed about the shelling around noon and that the market did not suffer significant damage because the shell hit the pavilions near the market.
Various other local sources posted similar information that a 16 year old boy was killed, without any other additional details.
A tweet from @prm_ua, in addition to Ukrinform News and other local sources attributed the incident to Russian forces.
This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR53114.
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Reports of the incident mention a strike outside a market on Akademika Proskury Street (вул Академіка Проскури) in the Zhukovsky (Жуковського) neighbourhood of Kharkiv (Харків). The generic coordinates for this market are: 50.046884, 36.291085. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.