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Incident Date

4 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK098

Location

Харків, Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Up to three people were killed and a woman was injured by alleged Russian shelling of Kyivskyi, Saltivskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Nemyshlyanskyi, Industrialnyi and Kholodnohirskyi districts of Kharkiv on April 4, 2022. The State Emergency Service reported on Telegram that units were involved in putting out fires 15 times in the Kyivskyi (5), Saltivskyi (2), Shevchenkivskyi (2),…

Summary

Published
4 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 April 2022

Incident Code

RS4698

Location

معارة النعسان, Maaret Al Nassan, Idlib, Syria
Four children were killed on their way home from school and others, including women, were wounded by alleged Russian or regime shelling of the town of Maaret Al Nassan on April 4, 2022. Syrian Human Rights Committee reported that four children were killed by a bombing carried out by the regime forces "backed by the…

Summary

Published
4 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK095

Location

Чугуїв, Chuhuiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 4th, one civilian was killed when confirmed Russian forces opened fire and shelled an enterprise building in the Chuhuiv section of Kharkiv. The Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office posted on Telegram and Facebook that they had carried out a pre-trial investigation for violations of the rules of war according to Part 2, article 438…

Summary

Published
4 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK096

Location

Салтівка, Saltivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 4th, 2022, suspected Russian artillery fired upon Saltivka in Kharkiv, killing one civilian and injuring two others. Reports from the Kharkiv Human Rights protection Group noted that Russian shells were fired upon residential areas with one shell landing on the roof of a high-rise building in the Saltivka section of Kharkiv. Telegram user…

Summary

Published
4 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK094

Location

Чугуїв, Chuhuiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Sources reported two civilians killed, a 38 year old man and 63 year old woman  and five others injured according when Chuguiv was hit by alleged Russian shelling at night on April 4 2022. The attack resulted in the total destruction of one private house and damage to a multi-story residential building opposite. Later reporting…

Summary

Published
4 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK097

Location

Кулиничі, Kulinichi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
In the early morning hours of April 4th, 2022, suspected Russian shells fell upon the village of Kulinichi in Kharkiv, injuring three civilians. XC_Kharkiv reported that “a kindergarten, a hospital and about five houses were destroyed.” Additionally, the three wounded were removed from the rubble left behind by the shells. Telegram accounts Huyovy_Kharkiv and XC_Kharkiv…

Summary

Published
4 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare, Education
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK092

Location

Дергачі, Derhachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On Sunday, April 3rd 2022, three civilians were killed and seven injured by alleged Russian shells hit the residential sector of the city of Dergachi in the Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine. Sources including Suspilne and Hromadske unanimously account for three civilians being killed and seven being injured in various degrees of severity. 2day.kh reported on…

Summary

Published
3 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK093

Location

Слобідський, Slobidskyi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 3rd 2022, three to seven civilians were killed and 30 to 42 injured, including two to three children, possibly aged between 3, 5 and 17, when alleged Russian forces shelled Heroiv Stalinhradu Avenue in the Slodifskyi district of Kharkiv. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office announced that they were investigating an incident in the…

Summary

Published
3 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
30–42
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK090

Location

Лозова, Lozova, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Between four and five civilians were injured by confirmed Russian shelling of the city of Lozova on April 2, 2022. On April 2nd, numerous reports described that alleged Russian shelling damaged numerous homes and left four individuals “moderately wounded” in the Lozova section of Kharkiv.  This was initially reported by Kharkiv human rights group. Novynarnia…

Summary

Published
2 April 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK091

Location

Парк культури і відпочинку «Максим Горький», Maxim Gorky Central Park for Culture and Recreation, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On Saturday morning, April 2nd 2022, one civilian was injured by alleged Russian missile strikes hitting M. Gorky Park in the residential district of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. Sources almost unanimously account that one civilian was injured, with Huyovy_kharkiv telegram channel and Hromadske specifying that the man was a 57-year-old landscaper that was working in…

Summary

Published
2 April 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

30 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK088

Location

Харків, Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
One man was killed by alleged Russian shelling of Kharkiv on the night of March 30, 2022. Helsinki.org.ua reported that the father of a famous badminton player was killed during night shelling in Kharkiv. Tsn.ua added that the badminton player participated in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The son of the man killed released a statement…

Summary

Published
30 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

30 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK089

Location

Дергачівська міська рада, Dergachi City Council, Kharkiv, Ukraine
One civilian was killed and at least three others were wounded by alleged Russian shelling of the town of Dergachi on March 30, 2022. Helsinki.org.ua reported that an airstrike on the town of Dergachi around 4pm/5pm in the evening destroyed the city council and private homes, as well as injured at least three people. Lb.ua…

Summary

Published
30 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

29 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK087

Location

M03, Чугуївський район, M03, Chuhuiv district, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Two men were killed and five others, including a baby, were injured by a mine or unexploded ordinance on March 29, 2022 allegedly planted by Russian forces in Chuhuiv. The Kharkiv human rights group reported that two men were killed and five others, including a six month old baby, were injured when their cars hit…

Summary

Published
29 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

28 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK085

Location

Національний аерокосмічний університет, National Aerospace University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A man was injured while walking around the National Aerospace University in Kharkiv on March 28, 2022. Khai news posted on Telegram that during a shelling of the National Aerospace University, the arena building and DMS-3 were damaged (glass was damaged in some rooms) and a man who was walking near the buildings was injured.…

Summary

Published
28 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

28 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK086

Location

Люботин, Liubotyn, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A man was killed and up to seven others, including two women, were injured in their homes by alleged Russian shelling and/or airstrikes on the town of Liubotyn on March 28, 2022. Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union reported that during a shelling of the town of Liubotyn one person was killed, seven others were injured,…

Summary

Published
28 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK083

Location

с. Оскіл, Ізюмський район, Oskil, Izium, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Seven civilians including two minors were reported killed and five, including a 4-year-old child, were reported injured after alleged Russian shelling of the village of Oskil of the Izyum district in Kharkiv on March 27th, 2022. A family of four, including a seven-year-old boy, were among those killed, after a rocket “hit one of the…

Summary

Published
27 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
7
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

27 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK084

Location

на автодорозі між с. Шевелівка та с. Гусарівка, Highway between Shevelivka and Husarivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A family of three civilians, a woman, a man, and a 3-year-old child, were reported killed on March 27th, 2022 in the Izyum district of Kharkiv as the result of an alleged Russian shelling. The press service of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office reported via Telegram that the family was found dead in a Honda…

Summary

Published
27 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery, Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions, Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

26 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK082

Location

Барвінкове, Barvinkove, Kharkiv, Ukraine
At approximately 11am on March 26th 2022, Russian forces reportedly shelled the town of Barvinkove in the Izyum district of Kharkiv, resulting in the deaths of at least four Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian, as well as causing a fire in a secondary school. Multiple Ukrainian news sources, and a number of posts on Telegram…

Summary

Published
26 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Military actors reported killed
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK081

Location

Дергачі, Dergachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On the night of March 25th 2022, one civilian was killed and up to three injured following a Russian drone and shelling attack in Dergachi. Dergachi House of Culture, a local government building, a hospital, several private houses, and a gas line were damaged leaving part of the city without heating. All local sources reported…

Summary

Published
25 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike (Drone Strike), Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare, Resources (Gas Facility)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK080

Location

Міська лікарня №1, City Hospital No.1, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 25th 2022 at approximately 7:45am, Russian forces reportedly shelled the Osnovyansk district of Kharkiv, Ukraine, killing between four and five civilians and injuring three more. The shelling involved artillery fire on residential buildings and a city clinic dispensing humanitarian aid, with some sources referring to it as medical aid, damaging civilian’s houses and…

Summary

Published
25 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Humanitarian
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

24 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK079

Location

вул. Академіка Павлова, 120, “Нова Пошта”, “Nova Poshta,” 120 Akademika Pavlova Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 24th, Russian troops allegedly launched shells from the Black Sea, striking a residential area in Kharkiv, killing six people and wounding at least another 15. According to 24 Channel News, Russian forces fired upon a civilian area in which already exhausted civilians had gathered for humanitarian aid. Tweets from various users, including @eoin_mc_Sweeney…

Summary

Published
24 March 2022
Strike Type
Naval bombardment
Infrastructure
Humanitarian
Civilians reported killed
6
Civilians reported injured
15–17
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

23 March 2022

Incident Code

RS4697

Location

بلدتي معارة النعسان و كفرنوران, between Maaret Al Nassan and Kafar Nuran, Idlib, Syria
At least two civilians, farmers, were injured in alleged Russian or Syrian regime shelling between the towns of Maarat Al-Naasan and Kafr Nuran on March 23, 2022. The Syrian Civil Defense reported that two farmers were injured in artillery shelling by Syrian regime and Russian forces on agricultural fields between the towns of Maarat Al-Naasan and Kafr…

Summary

Published
23 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture (Agricultural Land)
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

22 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK078

Location

Лозова, Lozova, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On Tuesday March 22nd 2022, one civilian was reportedly killed and up to nine others injured by an alleged Russian missile strike in the city of Lozova, in the region of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. Suspilne Kharkiv telegram channel monitored the accounts of injuries to civilians from two, to four, to finally eight. Most sources,…

Summary

Published
22 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–9
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

21 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK076

Location

вул. Дружби Народів 263, 263 Druzhby Narodiv St, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Alleged Russian shelling in the Saltivka district of Kharkiv on the night of March 21st 2022 saw one man injured when a projectile hit the yard of a house. Civilians transported the man to hospital via civilian transport. This incident occurred on the third night of a spree of shelling incidents across Kharkiv. The Kharkiv…

Summary

Published
21 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK075

Location

Харків, Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
In the afternoon on March 20 2022, one civilian was reportedly injured by alleged Russian shelling of a green corridor being used by a humanitarian convoy in Kharkiv. According to local sources, small arms and artillery fire damaged a car moving along the humanitarian corridor and injured the driver. On the night of 19 March…

Summary

Published
20 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Humanitarian (Evacuation Route)
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK077

Location

Харьковская исправительная колония (№43), Kharkiv Correctional Colony (No. 43), Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 20th, 2022, an alleged Russian artillery shelling hit a penitentiary building and neighboring residential buildings, killing one civilian inside the prison, in the town of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. Sources unanimously account for one convict being hit by shrapnel in the lower back and died later in the hospital, with the Kharkiv Human…

Summary

Published
20 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

20 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK074

Location

ХТЗ, KhTZ, Kharkiv, Ukraine
At least one civilian, a man, reportedly died as a result of the shelling of residential areas of KhTZ in Kharkiv on March 20th, 2022. According to the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, the civilian lived on the fifth floor of a five-story building and was allegedly killed when a projectile hit the building’s roof.…

Summary

Published
20 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK071

Location

ХТЗ, KhTZ, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On the evening of Saturday March 19th 2022, shelling by alleged Russian forces hit the Industrial District of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, killing two civilians including a 9-year-old child. Almost every source accounts for two civilians being killed, except for H_saltovka Telegram channel reporting five. However, every other source reported the victims as a 9-year-child…

Summary

Published
19 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK072

Location

Ізюм, Izium, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 19th, 2022 during a clash between Ukrainian and Russian forces, Russian shelling allegedly resulted in the death of five civilians, including a woman, in Izium. According to several news outlets, five local residents were killed in Izium. 2day.kh.ua detailed the killing of five civilians, according to Oleg Synegubov, head of the Kharkov Military-Civilian…

Summary

Published
19 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

19–20 March, 2022

Incident Code

RUK073

Location

Індустріальний район, Industrial District, Kharkiv, Ukraine
At least five civilians, including a boy, an elderly woman, and a man, were reported killed in the Industrial District after alleged Russian night shelling of Kharkiv from March 19th to March 20th, 2022. The five civilians, identified as residents of the Industrial District by Kharkiv Today, were reported “killed by shelling” according to Vyacheslav…

Summary

Published
20 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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