Russian Military in Ukraine

Russian Military in Ukraine

A member of the Ukrainian Emergency Service looks at the City Hall building in the central square following shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Dorogoy)

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Incident Code

RUK077

Incident date

March 20, 2022

Location

Харьковская исправительная колония (№43), Kharkiv Correctional Colony (No. 43), Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.936934, 36.386653 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Nearby landmark level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

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 Rights Protection Group reporting on the issues related to the evacuation of prisons and pretrial detention centers in case of attacks, with convicts remaining in their cells most of the air alerts. Moreover, majority of sources, including Kharkiv Times, quoted the announcement of an investigation led by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office and the State Security Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv Region on the basis of “violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with intentional murder (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).”

As a result of the shelling the penal institutions building was partially destroyed.

The suspected attacker is alleged to be Russia, as reported by Kharkiv Times, Interfax, and Gordon ua.

This incident has ACLED’s reference code UKR54068.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention a strike on a correctional colony in Kharkiv’s industrial district (Індустріальний район) – Correctional Colony No. 43 (исправительная колония №43), for which the generic coordinates are: 49.936934, 36.386653. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK124

Incident date

April 16, 2022

Location

Нововодолазька, Nova Vodolaga, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.721411, 35.867435 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

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 Service of Ukraine, which is located in the Novovodolazka community, were killed in the line of duty when trying to remove a Russian mine. Local sources added that the commander of the pyrotechnics unit was killed.

Suspilne News, quoting the State Emergency Services, added that four others working on demining were injured to varying degrees of severity, and needed urgent treatment and surgery.

Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsk was quoted by LB.ua as stating that cluster munitions were among the munitions that exploded during the operation. All of the sources reported that Russian forces were responsible for the cluster munitions and mines that exploded.

This incident has reference to ACLED codes UKR55924 and UKR78373.

The incident occured in the evening.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (3 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • Cause of injury / death
    Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (15) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Novovodolazka village council
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by International center for humanitarian unmining and rapid reacting
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Kharkiv city

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of the town of Nova Vodolaga (Нововодолазька), for which the generic coordinates are: 49.721411, 35.867435. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • (3 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    4
  • Cause of injury / death
    Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (15) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK169

Incident date

May 2, 2022

Location

Барвінкове, Barvinkove, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

48.903505, 37.022460 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

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 code UKR56997.

 

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • "Russian troops once again shelled the town of Barvinkovo" (Image via Suspilne.media)
  • "Russian troops once again shelled the town of Barvinkovo" (Image via Suspilne.media)
  • "As a result of the shelling, two men were wounded. Residential buildings and two administrative buildings were damaged" (Image via Pgo_gov_ua / Telegram)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Barvinkove (Барвінкове), for which the generic coordinates are: 48.903505, 37.022460. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK156

Incident date

April 28, 2022

Location

Покотилівка, Pokotylivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.914123, 36.173651 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Exact location (via Airwars) level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

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, an adviser to the chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Council, who stated that “as a result of Russian shelling of Pokotylivka, civilians were injured. Previously, 3 people were injured. The building collapsed. There are people under the rubble. Rescuers are working,”

The Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office reported that an investigation had been launched into Russian shelling that lasted about 10 hours and resulted in the death of two men and the injury of seven other civilians.

Trukha Ukraine posted on Telegram that as a consequence of the shelling, one person died and two others were injured.

According to Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, the rescue operation lasted all day because there were people in the school building.

This assessment has reference to ACLED codes UKR56748 and UKR56966.

The incident occured in the morning.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • (1–2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–7
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (9) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (8) [ collapse]

  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Pokotylivka on April 28, 2022. (Image posted by TrukhaUkraine via Telegram)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Pokotylivka on April 28, 2022. (Image posted by TrukhaUkraine via Telegram)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Pokotylivka on April 28, 2022. (Image posted by TrukhaUkraine via Telegram)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Pokotylivka on April 28, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office via Telegram)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Pokotylivka on April 28, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office via Telegram)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Pokotylivka on April 28, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office via Telegram)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Pokotylivka on April 28, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office via Telegram)

Geolocation notes (3) [ collapse]

Reports of the incident mention the village of Pokotylivka (Покотилівка). Analysing audio-visual material from sources we have narrowed down the location to these exact coordinates: 49.914123, 36.173651.

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  • Imagery:
    Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office

  • Imagery:
    Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office

  • Imagery:
    Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 2
  • (1–2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–7
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (9) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK023

Incident date

March 2–3, 2022

Location

Ізюм, Izium, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.190306, 37.278075 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Nearby landmark level. Continue to map

Additional Geolocations

49.222945, 37.306533 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Street level. Continue to map 49.206316, 37.322908 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Street level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between six and nine civilians, including two children, were killed and three others were injured and rescued from the rubble following alleged Russian airstrikes/shelling of the city of Izyum on March 2, 2022.

Pravda News reported that Russian airstrikes on the city of Izyum resulted in the death of eight civilians, including two children. Pravda provided the details that the air raid lasted from 12:14 to 2:02am, with bombs hitting street. Cathedral 39, st. Ukrainian, 6, st. M. Fedorenko, 16 and others. One woman was rescued from the rubble of a damaged 5-storey residential building, while on st. Ukrainian 8 people were killed, including 2 children (about 5-6 years old) and rescuers removed their bodies from the rubble. On st. N. Fedorenko 2 women who were trapped in a destroyed house were rescued from the rubble.

Kharkov.comments.ua quoted Deputy Mayor of Izyum for Humanitarian Affairs Vladimir Matsokin who originally reported that six civilians were killed but later updated the number to eight, specifying that they died when a shell hit a residential building on Ukrainskaya Street. Multiple other local sources also provided six deaths as the toll quoting the deputy mayor, meaning these were also preliminary tolls, while Helsinki.org.ua quoted Stepan Maselskyi, the head of the Izyum RDA, who put the number of killed at nine.

5ua News added that there was significant damage to the city center from the strikes, and the windows in the executive committee’s office were blown out. Truexa New posted on Telegram referred to the area affected as being the railway area and Telegraf.com.ua reported that the city police station was struck, resulting in a fire.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR52537.

The incident occured between 12:14 am and 2:02 am local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    6 – 9
  • (2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (34) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (13) [ collapse]

  • Consequences of the shelling of the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian airstrikes on Izyum on March 2, 2022. (Image posted by Unian news)
  • Screenshot of a Facebook post by Kharkov Time
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Oleg Zaiyats
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Stepan Maselskyi
  • "Izyum, Kharkiv region after Russian army shelled" (Image via @olehbatkovych / Twitter)
  • "Izyum, Kharkiv region after Russian army shelled" (Image via @olehbatkovych / Twitter)
  • "on March 3, 2022, as a result of an air attack from an unidentified weapon by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, houses on the Soborna, Donets Zakharzhevskyi, Heroes of Chernobyl, and Staroposhtova streets of the city of Izium were damaged." (Image via @Ukraine_SID / Twitter)
  • " The attack began at about 11:59 p.m., hitting a high-rise building and a private house. At least three civilians were killed in a private home." (Image via @EnglishUkraine / Twitter)
  • "on March 3, 2022, as a result of an air attack from an unidentified weapon by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, houses on the Soborna, Donets Zakharzhevskyi, Heroes of Chernobyl, and Staroposhtova streets of the city of Izium were damaged." (Image via @Ukraine_SID / Twitter)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention residential buildings struck at 39 Cathedral Street (вул.Соборна 39), on Ukrainian Street (вул.Українська), and on Marshal Fedorenko Street (вул.Маршала Федоренка). The generic coordinates for 39 Cathedral Street are: 49.190306, 37.278075. The generic coordinates for Ukrainian Street are: 49.222945, 37.306533. The generic coordinates for Marshal Fedorenko Street are: 49.206316, 37.322908. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the locations further.

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Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    6 – 9
  • (2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (34) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK059

Incident date

March 15, 2022

Location

Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

50.273048, 35.977971 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Five civilians, including two women and a 19 year old boy, were killed and three others were injured in alleged Russian shelling of the village of Zolochiv on March 15, 2022.

Zolochiv village head Viktor Kovalenko told Suspilne News “Unfortunately, we have five dead – a 70-year-old grandmother, a 34-year-old woman, a 19-year-old boy and two men under the age of 40. The projectile hit the house, and all these people lived in the neighborhood and went out to put out the fire. At that time, it flew to the place where they were standing, and the explosion killed them all. Three more men who were standing nearby were injured. They were given first aid. We will send the two victims, who are in serious condition, to the Bohodukhov hospital.”

The Office of the Prosecutor General announced on Facebook that they would be investigating the civilian deaths based on “violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with intentional murder (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).”

In addition to damage to a home, Zolochiv village head Viktor told Suspilne News that an agricultural enterprise was damaged and shells hit the gardens in the Makarivka micro-district. The Office of the Prosecutor General added that a number of residential buildings and a car were destroyed and damaged in the shelling.

According to Suspilne News, the town of Zolochiv was shelled by one and a half dozen shells from a Uragan rocket systems from Kozacha Lopan. Gx.net.ua specified that the shelling was from Russian troops.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR53458.

The incident occured at 13:30:00 local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Agriculture
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5
  • (2 women3 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (20) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • Damage to a home caused by alleged Russian shelling of the village of Zolochiv on March 15, 2022. (Image posted by Suspilne News)
  • Damage to a home caused by alleged Russian shelling of the village of Zolochiv on March 15, 2022. (Image posted by Gx.net.ua)
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Solonytsivskyy.visnyk
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Office of the Prosecutor General

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Zolochiv (Золочів), for which the generic coordinates are: 50.273048, 35.977971. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Agriculture
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    5
  • (2 women3 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (20) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK095

Incident date

April 4, 2022

Location

Чугуїв, Chuhuiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.834962, 36.679772 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

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 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Susplilne News and Status Quo News both used a quote from Chuhuiv Mayor Galina Minayeva: “The last days have been very serious for our city. Shells and rockets were flying in different micro districts of the city. Infrastructure was damaged. Residential buildings were destroyed and damaged”. At the same time, according to the mayor, municipal services continued to operate in the city, thanks to which the houses of local residents have electricity and water.

Reports from Susplilne News, along with the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group noted that around two in the afternoon, a supposed Russian shell hit an enterprise building that killed one man.

Russian state-run media source RT quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense that “targets in Chuhuiv” were struck by the Russian military, and coupled with strikes on Zolochev resulted in destruction of the command post of the territorial defense unit, the fuel storage and the plant for the repair of armored vehicles.

The incident occured at approximately 2:00 pm local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Declared strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Known attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (7) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Chuhuiv on April 4, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office via Telegram)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Chuhuiv on April 4, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office via Telegram)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Chuhuiv on April 4, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office via Telegram)
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of Chuhuiv (Чугуїв), for which the generic coordinates are: 49.834962, 36.679772. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Known belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Original strike reports

Russian Military
Official source

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Briefing by the Russian Ministry of Defence (05.04.2022)

◽️ The grouping of troops of the Luhansk People's Republic continues its offensive against the positions of the Ukrainian 24th Independent Mechanized Brigade and is fighting on the eastern outskirts of the village of Novotoshkovskoye.

💥 On the Severodonetsk direction, units of the Luhansk People's Republic have broken through the defence of the 57th AFU mechanised brigade, destroying up to 50 personnel and 9 armoured vehicles, and are fighting on the northern outskirts of the Zamulovka settlement.

◽️ The Russian Armed Forces continue strikes against Ukraine's military infrastructure.

💥 High-precision air-launched missiles near the settlements of Zolochev and Chuguev destroyed the command post of a territorial defence unit, a fuel storage facility and an armoured vehicle repair plant.

💥 During the day, Russian Air Force and missile forces hit 33 Ukrainian military facilities. Among them: eight command posts, three logistics depots, as well as 21 strongholds and areas where AFU military equipment is concentrated.

💥 Russian air defence forces shot down five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊 A total of 125 aircraft, 93 helicopters, 403 drones, 1981 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 854 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 1,876 pieces of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation.

💥 On the morning of 5 April, another attempt by the Kiev regime to evacuate the leaders of the Azov nationalist battalion was foiled near Mariupol. Two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters attempting to break through to the city from the sea were shot down by man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems.

◽️ Earlier, we have repeatedly communicated to the Kyiv regime through all available channels our proposals regarding the possibility of the Ukrainian armed forces withdrawing from Mariupol after voluntarily laying down their weapons.

◽️ Today, once again, as of 6am Moscow time, Ukrainian servicemen were offered to cease hostilities, lay down their weapons and withdraw along the agreed route to the territory under the control of the Kiev regime. However, these proposals have been consistently ignored by the Kiev regime.

◽️ Given Kiev's disinterest in saving the lives of its servicemen, Mariupol will be liberated from nationalists by units of the Russian Armed Forces and the Donetsk people's republic.

#Ministry of Defence #Russia #Ukraine @mod_russia

Summary

  • Strike status
    Declared strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 man)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Known attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (7) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK139

Incident date

April 23, 2022

Location

Слатине, Slatyne, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

50.21191260197829, 36.155837764480125 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

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 by the shelling with fragments of the building littered across the surrounding land. No further information is known about the two men killed in this shelling at this time.

Though Russia has not claimed responsibility for the shelling, the attack has been widely reported by local twitter sources such as @black_cerber and @verkhovna_rada alongside news organisations including Interfax and LB as of Russian origin. As a result, the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office launched a pre-trial investigation into the violation of the laws and customs of war combined with premeditated murder, represented by Part 2, Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. This investigation was conducted by the local SBU Office.

The attack came at the same as Ukranian forces had claimed Slatyno and the neighbouring villages of Bezruky and Prudyanka as “liberated” from Russian occupation. During this time however, Mayor Zadorenko of the Derhachi District noted that there had been non-stop shelling of civilian objects.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR71423.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 men)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (11) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (3) [ collapse]

  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Slatyne on April 23, 2022. (Image posted by Larysa Bodareva via Facebook)
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Larysa Bodareva
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Slatyne (Слатине), for which the generic coordinates are: 50.21191260197829, 36.155837764480125. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 men)
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (11) [ collapse]