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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
11 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK194
Location
Новий Мерчик, Noviy Merchyk, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On the morning of 11th May 2022 at 10:45 am, a 26yr old civilian tractor driver from Gadyach was allegedly struck with a guided missile launched from a low-flying Russian aircraft whilst working in a field in the village of Novy Merchik. The attack caused multiple burns and leg injuries to the tractor driver and…
Summary
Published
11 May 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
8 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK182
Location
Калинове, Kalynove, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 8th 2022, two civilians, two men, were reportedly killed following alleged Russian artillery shelling in Kalynove (Kalinove) village, Kharkiv oblast. Ukrainska Pravda said: "In Kalynove, two people were killed when a projectile hit a house. The shelling of the village took place from the side of Kozachya Lopana at approximately 4:00 p.m. [according…
Summary
Published
8 May 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
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
4 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK175
Location
Балаклі́я, Balakleya, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 4th 2022, Kharkhiv Human Rights Protection group reported that Russian shelling of the town of Balakeya near Kharkiv resulted in one man dying. Suspilne quoted Oleg Sineguboy, the head of the Kharkhiv Regional Military administration who added that the “the deceased is from the village of Zalyman between the temporarily occupied Balaklia and…
Summary
Published
4 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
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
3 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK172
Location
смт Золочів, Богодухівський район, Zolochiv, Bohodukhivsʹkyy district, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Two civilians, both men, were reported injured on May 3rd 2022 when Russian forces' shells allegedly hit Zolochiv in Kharkiv. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported that Russian forces shelled this area "from the temporarily captured Kozacha Lopan" and that 25 residential buildings were damaged. It was the only source that reported that one civilian…
Summary
Published
2 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
2 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK169
Location
Барвінкове, Barvinkove, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 2nd 2022, two male civilians were injured after a reported Russian forces artillery shelling hit Barvinkove in Kharkiv. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reported that "residential buildings and two administrative buildings were damaged" in addition to wounding two men. There is no further information available at this stage. This assessment has reference to ACLED…
Summary
Published
2 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
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
1 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK168
Location
Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On May 1st, 2022 at 6 pm, the Russian Federation army allegedly shelled the village of Zolochiv in the Bohodukhiv district of the Kharkiv region, killing one male civilian and damaging buildings in the village. The head of the village, Viktor Kovalenko, was quoted in reports by Cezke Novy news, Suspilne, Varta and Ukrainska Prada,…
Summary
Published
1 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Religious
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
1 May 2022
Incident Code
RUK166
Location
Одноробівка, Odnorobivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On the morning of 1 May 2022, at approximately 11am, alleged Russian artillery fire hit the village of Odnorobivka in the Bohodukhiv region of Kharkiv, injuring one man. The incident was reported widely across Ukrainian news outlets, with the information coming from the prosecutor’s office suggesting that the injured man was 27 years old and…
Summary
Published
1 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
30 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK164
Location
Немишлянський район, Nemyshlyansky district, Kharkiv, Ukraine
At approximately 3am on April 30, 2022, Russian troops allegedly shelled residential areas, industrial zone, and hospitals in the Nemishlyanksy district of Kharkiv. As a result, a man was injured in an apartment block in the district. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine posted on Telegram that as a result of the shelling, apartments in…
Summary
Published
30 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
29 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK162
Location
Уди, Udy, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A 32 year old civilian male was injured by alleged Russian shelling of the village of Udy in Kharkiv Oblast on April 29, 2022. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reported that they had opened a pre-trial investigation into Russian shelling of the village of Udy around 11am on April 29th which resulted in an injury…
Summary
Published
29 April 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
28 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK156
Location
Покотилівка, Pokotylivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Local sources reported that thirty houses, a school and a school administration building were destroyed in Pokotylivka by alleged Russian shelling on April 28, 2022, killing up to two civilians and wounding up to seven others. Twitter user @HromadskeUA provided information that two men were killed in the shelling. Hromadske News also quoted Nataliya Popova,…
Summary
Published
28 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2–7
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
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
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
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
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
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
24 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK143
Location
Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 24th 2022 one civilian, a man, was reportedly injured in Zolochiv, Kharkiv, as a result of alleged Russian shelling. The injury reported by local sources was a shrapnel wound to his leg. There is no further information on this incident at this time. This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR56473
Summary
Published
24 April 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
23 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK139
Location
Слатине, Slatyne, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Two male civilians were killed in the village of Slatyno, Kharkiv Region by shelling in an attack suspected to have been carried out by Russian service personnel on a residential building in the early afternoon. Images shared online by the Ukrainian Independent Information Agency show a single story house to have been collapsed and destroyed…
Summary
Published
23 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
23 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK142
Location
Чорноглазівка, Chornohlazivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Two civilian men were reported killed by an alleged Russian anti-tank mine when a car drove over it on April 23rd 2022 in Choronohlazivka, Bododugiv district of the Kharkiv region. This was first reported by sources citing Viktor Kovaleno, the "head of the community", who reported that "in the afternoon, two men in their 30s…
Summary
Published
23 April 2022
Strike Type
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
22 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK138
Location
Коротич, Korotych, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A man was killed and between five and six other civilians were injured by alleged Russian shelling of the village of Korotych the morning of April 22, 2022. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reported on Telegram that a pre-trial investigation had been initiated into an incident where Russian forces shelling the village of Korotych, resulting…
Summary
Published
22 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
5–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK136
Location
проспекті Гагаріна, Gagarin Avenue, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 21st 2022, Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported that a 79 year old man was killed by Russian artillery fire on Gagarin Avenue, with a link to a post on Telegram by @hueviykharkov. However, the Telegram post is no longer available. No other sources reported on this incident.
Summary
Published
21 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
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
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
16 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK124
Location
Нововодолазька, Nova Vodolaga, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Three demining employees were killed and four other employees were injured - all men - by the explosion of munitions, including cluster munitions, near Nova Vodolaga in Kharkiv on April 16, 2022. The Novovodolazka council announced on Facebook that three employees of the Interregional Center for Humanitarian Demining and Rapid Response of the State Emergency…
Summary
Published
16 April 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK121
Location
Саржин Яр, Sarhyn Yar, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 15th, 2022, one civilian, a man, was reported injured after an alleged Russian shelling of Sarzhyn Yar in Kharkiv. As a result of the shelling, three private houses reportedly caught on fire. The press service of the regional State Emergency Service told Suspline that one man was reportedly injured but “refused hospitalization.” Kharkiv…
Summary
Published
15 April 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
14 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK118
Location
Слобідський район, Slobidskyi district, Kharkiv, Ukraine
One civilian was killed and eight other civilians were reportedly injured when a Russian shell hit a garage cooperative on April 14th 2022 in the Slobid district of Kharkiv, as reported in local sources including by an injured man to Suspilne Kharkiv on YouTube. Videos including on Telegram show images of destructed garages and cars…
Summary
Published
14 April 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
8
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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