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(Previous Incident Code: RUK0050)
Four civilians were allegedly killed and at least 15 other civilians were injured when a Russian missile shelled a supermarket on March 6th 2022, in Pyatykhatky, Kharkiv.
Local source @aliev_aliev reported that the civilians were killed whilst they stood outside the supermarket.
A statement from the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s office said, “it was established that on March 6th 2022, around 12pm, Russian serviceman fired artillery of unknown characteristics at the Khazar supermarket on Akademika Valtera Street in Kharkiv.”
Maksim Myhailiuk wrote on Facebook, that “on March 6th 2022, a shell or bomb hit the store in the afternoon and killed people: children, women and men. In my peaceful, sleeping area Pyatikhatki on the outskirts of the city of Kharkiv. The photo shows how bodies and a sea of blood lie near the entrance to the store. For what? What are we to blame?…”
Multiple local and English language sources refer to a Russian Grad multiple-launch rocket system as being responsible for the attack.
This assessment referenced ACLED Code: UKR52845 and Bellingcat Code: CIV0213
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Reports of the incident mention shelling outside the “Khazar” («Хазар») supermarket on Akademika Valtera Street (вул. Академіка Вальтера) in the city of Kharkiv (Харків). Analysing audio-visual material from sources, we have narrowed the location down to the following exact coordinates: 50.090033, 36.256472.
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Imagery: Suspilne