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Incident Date
13 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK199
Location
Лозівська громада, Lozova Community, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 13rd 2022, a civilian described as a woman, was reportedly injured by a Russian rocket attack in Lozivska (Loziv) community, Kharkiv. Sources quoted Loziv City Mayor Serhii Zelenskyi who said that "a dozen private houses were damaged, windows in multi-storey buildings were broken. A cultural center and a critical infrastructure object were damaged."…
Summary
Published
13 May 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
12 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK195
Location
Дергачі, Derhachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A report of alleged Russian shells struck the village of Derhachi on May 12th, killing two civilians and wounding two others. Hromadske and RBC News reported a shelling of Derhachi by Russian forces that left one civilian dead and three wounded. Writing for RBC News, author Maria Kucheryavets quoted Kharkiv Regional State Administrator Oleg Sinegubov…
Summary
Published
12 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK189
Location
Циркуни, Tsyrkuny, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 10th 2022 two civilians, both women, were killed when a reported Russian mine exploded in Tsykunny in Kharkiv. Sergey Bolvinov reported on Facebook that "investigators and forensic experts of the Investigative Department, investigators of the Lipetsk Police Department, together with explosive experts, conducted an inspection under the bridge near the village of Tsykuny,…
Summary
Published
10 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK183
Location
Богодухів, Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 8th 2022 one civilian, a 48 year old woman, was killed and three other civilians were injured when alleged Russian forces shells hit Bohodukhiv in Kharkiv. Objectiv.tv reported that the prosecutor's office said "on May 8th, 2022, Russian serviceman simultaneously opened fire on the city of Bogudukhov and the village of Lozovaya in…
Summary
Published
8 May 2022
Strike Type
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
8 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK184
Location
Лозова, Lozova, Bohodukhiv district, Kharkiv, Ukraine
In Lozova village in the Bohodukhiv district of Kharkiv one civilian, a 41 year old woman, was reportedly killed by Russian forces' shells on May 8th 2022. Kharkiv's Regional Prosecuctor Office reported that "investigators from the Bohodukhiv District Police Department of the Kharkiv Region National Police inspected the scene." Sources recorded another area shelled simultaneously…
Summary
Published
8 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
7 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK180
Location
Коробочкине, Korobochkyne, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 7th 2022, a civilian, a 28-year-old woman, was reportedly killed following alleged Russian shelling in Korobochkyne village, Chuguyiv district, Kharkiv oblast. All local sources quoted Kharkiv Regional Military Administration/Kharkiv's prosecutor office's report, which also added that a private house was hit. ACLED's reference code for this incident is UKR57382.
Summary
Published
7 May 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
6 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK179
Location
Василенкове, Vasylenkove, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 6, 2022, five civilians, including a woman and a child, were reportedly killed by an alleged Russian-planted exploding mine when attempting to evacuate to Kharkiv by car from Kupyansk. According to a post shared by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office’s Telegram channel, Ukrainian authorities first became aware of this incident when approached by…
Summary
Published
6 May 2022
Strike Type
Ground operation
Infrastructure
Humanitarian
(
Evacuation Route
)
Civilians reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
5 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK177
Location
Надеждівському Старостинському окрузі, Nadezhdi Starostyn district, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 5, 2022, a village within the Nadezhdi Starostyn District was reportedly hit with Russian rocket fire. According to local media and the mayor of the nearby city of Loziv, one civilian, identified as an elderly woman, was killed during this event. Posting on Facebook on May 6, the Mayor of Loziv, Sergiy Selenskyy,…
Summary
Published
5 May 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 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK174
Location
Старий Салтів, Staryi Saltiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Four civilians, including a child, were killed and two injured, a woman and her six month old daughter, in an alleged Russian military personnel attack near Staryi Saltiv on a 15 vehicle convoy which had been evacuating the then Russian occupied city of Vovchansk on May 4, 2022. Investigators arrived at the scene two days…
Summary
Published
4 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Humanitarian
(
Evacuation Route
)
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
3 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK173
Location
Динамо, Dynamo Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A civilian died as a result of a factory fire in the same series of shelling attacks allegedly by Russian military personnel that injured a 43 year old woman and 46 year old man in Kharkiv. The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported that several buildings had been damaged in the shelling, including part of…
Summary
Published
3 May 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
1 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK167
Location
Уди, Udy, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On 1st May 2022, at 11:30 am, the Russian armed forces reportedly shelled villages including Udy in the Bohodukhiv district of the Kharkiv region. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported that the artillery shelling hit amongst other infrastructure a car, killing one women immediately and wounding the two other passengers, a man and another woman.…
Summary
Published
1 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
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
28 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK158
Location
Kyyivsʹkyy, Nemyshlyansʹkyy, Moskovsʹkyy districts, Київський, Немишлянський, Московський райони, Kharkiv, Ukraine
At least one civilian, a woman, was killed and up to four others were injured in alleged Russian shelling of the Kyivskyi, Saltivskyi, and Nemyshlyanskyi districts of Kharkiv on April 28, 2022. Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, originally reported that one person was killed and two others were injured in one…
Summary
Published
28 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
28 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK155
Location
Котляри, Kotliary, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Russian forces allegedly shelled the city of Kotliary on April 28, 2022, killing a 53 year old man and wounding a woman. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group and Suspilne Kharkiv via Telegram both stated that the shelling lasted roughly twelve hours. Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office announced that a criminal investigation had been launched into the…
Summary
Published
28 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK149
Location
Одноробівка, Odnorobivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 26th 2022, between four to five civilians were wounded, among which three men and two women were reportedly injured following Russian artillery shelling in Odnorobivka village, Kharkiv oblast. Sources also mentioned residential buildings damaged by the attack. Most sources, referring to Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office report counted four civilians injured. However, Suspile News,…
Summary
Published
26 April 2022
Strike Type
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
25 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK147
Location
Безруки, Bezruky, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Three civilians, a woman and two men, local to the village of Bezruky were reported to have been killed and a further individual injured as a result of shelling allegedly by Russian service personnel on April 25, 2022. Villagers in conversation with Suspline News confirmed these casualties occurred around noon in light of shelling that…
Summary
Published
25 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Resources
(
Gas Facility
)
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
25 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK148
Location
Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A civilian woman was killed and at least two other civilians were injured by Russian shelling in the city of Zolochiv on April 25, 2022. The woman, born in 1949, was widely reported to have been killed in the middle of a local street by a blast. Local leader, Viktor Kovalenko confirmed that another woman…
Summary
Published
25 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK145
Location
Чугуїв, Chuhuiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A 59 year old civilian was killed and three other civilians, including a child and a woman, were injured by alleged Russian shelling of Chuhuiv on April 24, 2022. Volodymyr Tymoshko, head of the Main Department of the National Police of the Kharkiv region, announced on Facebook that Russian shelling of Chuhuiv resulted in the…
Summary
Published
24 April 2022
Strike Type
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
24 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK146
Location
Калинове, Kalynove, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A 60 year old woman was killed by alleged Russian shelling of the village of Kalynove on April 24, 2022. The head of the Zolochiv community, Viktor Kovalenko, told Suspilne News that a 60 year old woman was killed because she did not have time to run to the cellar and came under fire from…
Summary
Published
24 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
24 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK144
Location
Малинівка, Malinivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 24th 2022, reported Russian shelling hit the village of Malinivka, in the Chuhuiv district of Kharkiv, injuring between two and five civilians, including one woman. According to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, two men and a woman were injured. However, Nta.ua reported that five people were wounded in Malinovka as announced by the head of…
Summary
Published
24 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
23 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK140
Location
Cалтівка, Saltivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On the afternoon of April 23, there were reports of shelling by Russian forces in Kharkiv. This took place in Saltivka, an area within the city’s North Eastern Kyivskiy district, and reportedly resulted in four civilian injuries, including an elderly woman and those trying to rescue her, classifying this incident as a double tap strike.…
Summary
Published
23 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK137
Location
Барвінкове, Barvinkove, Kharkiv, Ukraine
An elderly woman was killed by confirmed Russian airstrikes on the town of Barvinkove in Izium district around 1:15am on April 22, 2022. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office posted on Telegram that at around 1:15am, Russian forces fired aviation weapon launchers at the town of Barvinkove in Izium district, destroying more than 10 residential buildings.…
Summary
Published
22 April 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK134a
Location
Харків, Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Three civilians, including a woman, were injured in alleged Russian shellings of the city of Kharkiv on April 20, 2022. Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, posted on Telegram that a total of five civilians were injured throughout the day of April 20th - three were injured in the city of Kharkiv…
Summary
Published
20 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK130
Location
Немишлянський район, Nemyshlyanskyi district, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 18th 2022, alleged Russian forces shelled a residential area of Nemyshlyanskyi district in Kharkiv. Local reports listed three civilian fatalities, including an elderly woman, and four civilians were wounded, including a 17 year old. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, through Channel 24, reported that Russian forces struck several residential buildings, resulting in…
Summary
Published
18 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK131
Location
Основ’янский район, Osnovianskyi district, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Two civilians, a man and a woman, were killed by alleged Russian forces shelling on residential buildings and on a local playground in the Osnovianskyi district in Kharkiv, on April 18th, 2022. A statement from the Ministry of the Defense of Ukraine declared that Russian forces shelled residential buildings and playgrounds. Hromadske News reported that…
Summary
Published
18 April 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
17 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK127
Location
Довжик, Dovzhyk, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A woman was killed by alleged Russian shelling of the village of Dovzhyk April 17, 2022. Suspilne News reported that according to the head of the community Viktor Kovalenko, a woman was killed when a Russian shell struck the village of Dovzhyk in the Zolochiv community. Kovalenko stated that the woman is over 50 years old and…
Summary
Published
17 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
17 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK128
Location
центр Харкова, Київський та Шевченківський райони міста, the center of Kharkiv, Kyivsyy and Shevchenkivskyy districts of the city, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On the afternoon of April 17th 2022, Russia allegedly fired artillery in the city center of Kharkiv, killing at least five civilians and injuring at least 10 civilians, including a woman. Despite the preliminary estimates, most reports set the number of civilian deaths at 5 and of injured at 13, while others reported up to…
Summary
Published
17 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
10–24
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK123
Location
Ізюмський район, Izium district, Kharkiv, Ukraine
An elderly woman was killed and another woman was injured by an alleged Russian attack against a vehicle in Izium district, Kharkiv on April 16, 2022. A Facebook post from Sergiy Bolvinov, who works for the Investigative Department of State Police in Kharkiv region, reported that while a family was trying to evacuate, Russian forces fired…
Summary
Published
16 April 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
,
Ground operation
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK117
Location
Олександрівка, Oleksandrivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Three civilians were reportedly injured on April 14th 2022 when alleged Russian shelling hit Oleksandrivka village, in Kharkiv. According to local sources, a woman and two children aged nine and 11 were injured. Helsinki reported that the Russian military shelled the village for "about 12 hours." Victor Kovalenko, head of the Zolochiv community said that…
Summary
Published
14 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Resources
(
Gas Facility
)
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
13 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK116
Location
Немишлянський район, Nemyshlyanskyy District, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Local sources reported on a shelling of Kharkiv on April 13th, 2022 was allegedly conducted by Russian forces, resulting in three civilians killed, including a woman and two men, and four others wounded, including a child. According to the Helsinki.org.ua, the bombing began during the day when many people were out buying food or receiving…
Summary
Published
13 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK112
Location
Лисої гори, Lysa Hora, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Between one and four civilians, including a child, a woman, and two men, were killed and at least two others, including a woman and up to two children, were injured by alleged Russian shelling of Lysa Hora in Kholodnogirskyi district on April 11st, 2022. Huyovy_kharkiv Telegram reported one civilian death and two injured while Kharkiv…
Summary
Published
11 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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