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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
12 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK115
Location
Бабаї, Babai, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A collection of local news outlets reported that suspected Russian shells struck the village of Babai, killing one male civilian and wounding two other civilians on April 12, 2022. Initial reports from Suspline Media and Helsinki Report detailed the strike, saying that the bombing occurred at 2pm, killing a thirty-seven year old man. The shelling…
Summary
Published
12 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
12 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK114
Location
Барвінкове, Barvinkove, Kharkiv, Ukraine
At approximately 4:00pm on April 12 2022, in Baryinkove, Izyum district, confirmed shelling by Russian Federation armed forces reportedly killed 3 civilians including a 16-year-old girl and injured a 20-year-old man. Residential buildings were also reportedly damaged and destroyed. A statement from the press service of the Kharkiv Prosecutor’s Office established these details which were…
Summary
Published
12 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
11 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK111
Location
Індустріальний район, Industrial district, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A man in his 50s was killed by an alleged Russian airstrike/artillery strike on a building in the Industrial district of Kharkiv on April 11, 2022. Kharkiv Life reported on Telegram that a projectile flew into an apartment on the 4th floor in Kharkiv, resulting in the death of a 59 year old man. Images…
Summary
Published
11 April 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
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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Incident Date
10 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK106
Location
Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Four civilians, all middle-aged men, were reported injured after an alleged Russian shelling of Zolochiv, Bohodukhiv district on April 10th, 2022. According to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's office, around 13:00 Zolochiv was shelled with artillery by Russian troops. Viktor Kovalenko, head of the community, told Suspilne TV that “since the morning, Zolochiv has been under…
Summary
Published
10 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
10 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK107
Location
село Слатине, Slatyne village, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 10th, two civilians, a man and a woman were reported killed following alleged Russian forces shelling the village of Slatyne, Dergachev district, in Kharkiv oblast, according to numerous reports. According to Suspilne News, Russian troops repeatedly shelled Slatyne in Kharkiv. Civilian infrastructure, particularly homes, was destroyed and two civilians were killed. Additional reports…
Summary
Published
10 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
8 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK102
Location
Дергачі, Derhachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Two engineering employees were injured by a mine explosion allegedly planted by Russian forces in Derhachi on April 8, 2022. According to the Kharkiv Human Rights Group, two employees of the Dergachivsky REM were injured when their service pick-up truck hit a mine on a dirt road. Both employees were taken to the hospital and…
Summary
Published
8 April 2022
Strike Type
Ground operation
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
6 April 2022
Incident Code
RUK099
Location
Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 6th, 2022, a 33-year-old civilian was reported killed and three civilians, a woman over 50-years-old and two 65-66-year-olds (a man and a woman), were reported injured after an alleged Russian shelling of Zolochiv, Kharkiv. Viktor Kovalenko, the head of the community, reported that the 33-year-old civilian was running “from his house to the…
Summary
Published
6 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
19–20 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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Incident Date
18 March 2022
Incident Code
RUK068
Location
Заводи, Zavody, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 18th 2022, alleged Russian bombardment struck the village of Zavody, Kharkiv, killing four civilians, including two women and a child, and wounding one, a woman. The initial reports described a Russian shell striking a residential building. A collection of sources noted that a family was killed in a suspected Russian airstrike. A man,…
Summary
Published
18 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
18 March 2022
Incident Code
RUK069
Location
північна Салтівка, Saltivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 18th 2022, alleged Russian bombardment struck the Saltivka area within Kharkiv. The initial reports described a Russian shell striking a residential building, killing one resident. A wide array of news organizations and social media users reported that Russian shells struck a residential building, killing an elderly man in his apartment. Lb.ua offered the…
Summary
Published
18 March 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
17 March 2022
Incident Code
RUK064
Location
Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Alleged Russian shelling attacks on the village of Zolochiv in Kharkiv killed a woman and wounded two others, including a child, on March 17, 2022. The village of Zolochiv endured heavy shelling, allegedly from Russian forces on March 17th. In the midst of the bombing, a 44 year old mother covered her four year daughter.…
Summary
Published
17 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
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
15 March 2022
Incident Code
RUK059
Location
Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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…
Summary
Published
15 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Civilians reported killed
5
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
14 March 2022
Incident Code
RUK058
Location
вул. Свободи та Парк Горького, Svobody Street and Gorky Park, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Up to eight people were killed and two others were wounded by alleged Russian or Ukrainian airstrikes/shelling of Svobody Street and Gorky Park in Kharkiv on March 14, 2022. The head of the Kharkiv regional state administration, Oleg Sinegubov, reported on a car of Help Army volunteers: "A 26-year-old boy died from serious wounds and…
Summary
Published
14 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Civilians reported killed
2–8
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
11 March 2022
Incident Code
RUK049
Location
Московський проспект (Проспект Героїв Харкова), Moskovskiy Prospekt (Heroiv Kharkiv Prospekt), Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 11st, 2022, one civilian, a man, was reportedly killed by Russian shelling on Moskovskiy Prospekt in Kharkiv. Local sources said that the man was hiding in the entrance and was hit in the chest by a shrapnel that cut through the metal door.
Summary
Published
11 March 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
11 March 2022
Incident Code
RUK052
Location
Дергачі, Dergachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 11th 2022, reported Russian shelling continued in the city of Dergachi. According to local sources, at least three civilians were killed and one civilian was injured. Local sources were reporting that amongst the dead is the former chief of the Dergachi district police department/former vice-rector of the Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs…
Summary
Published
11 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
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
9 March 2022
Incident Code
RUK045
Location
вулиця Первомайська, 2, Ізюм, Харківська область, , 2, Pershotravneya Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 9th, in the morning, at 9 am, the Russian military allegedly launched airstrikes and then shelled a five story building at 2 Pershotravneya Street in Izyum from a tank on the opposite side until it collapsed. The attack killed between 44 to 54 people, many families, who were trapped under the debris of…
Summary
Published
9 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
44–54
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
9 March 2022
Incident Code
RUK044
Location
Слобожанське, Slobozhanske, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Between four and five civilians, including two women and two children, were killed and another child was injured in alleged Russian airstrikes and/or artillery shelling of the village of Slobozhanske on March 9, 2022. The DSNS posted on Telegram that shelling of the village of Slobozhanske in the Balakliya community struck a private residential building,…
Summary
Published
9 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
4–5
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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