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

RUK008

Incident date

February 26, 2022

Location

Бабаї, Babai, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.898395, 36.193462 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On February 26th 2022, one man, aged 35, was reportedly killed as a result of alleged Russian artillery fire which hit Babai, in Kharkiv.

The artillery was also reported to have destroyed a house.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR54072.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely 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.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (6) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (2) [ collapse]

  • Damage to a home caused by alleged Russian shelling of Babai on February 26, 2022. (Image posted by Redpost.com)
  • Damage to a home caused by alleged Russian shelling of Babai on February 26, 2022. (Image posted by Redpost.com)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Babai (Бабаї), for which the generic coordinates are: 49.898395, 36.193462. 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
  • (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.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Incident Code

RUK043

Incident date

March 9, 2022

Location

вул Академіка Проскури, Akademika Proskury Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

50.046884, 36.291085 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Nearby landmark level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

A 16 year old boy was killed by alleged Russian shelling of a market in the village of Zhukovsky on March 9, 2022.

Suspilne Media reported that a 16 year old boy was killed by shelling of the market located at 5/7 Akademika Proskury Street in the village of Zhukovsky. Market Director Maryna Volobuyeva stated that she was informed about the shelling around noon and that the market did not suffer significant damage because the shell hit the pavilions near the market.

Various other local sources posted similar information that a 16 year old boy was killed, without any other additional details.

A tweet from @prm_ua, in addition to Ukrinform News and other local sources attributed the incident to Russian forces.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR53114.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Marketplace
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • 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 (29) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (7) [ collapse]

  • Image of the civilian killed and the rescue workers responding when a market in the village of Zhukovsky on March 9, 2022. (Image posted by Suspilne Media)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of a market in the village of Zhukovsky on March 9, 2022. (Image posted by Prm.ua)
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Lyudmila Denisova, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Screenshot of Telegram post by ХС_Kharkiv
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Victor Lenochkon
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Mykola Fedorov
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by GX

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention a strike outside a market on Akademika Proskury Street (вул Академіка Проскури) in the Zhukovsky (Жуковського) neighbourhood of Kharkiv (Харків). The generic coordinates for this market are: 50.046884, 36.291085. 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
    Marketplace
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • (1 child)
  • 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 (29) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK075

Incident date

March 20, 2022

Location

Харків, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.982893, 36.270036 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

In the afternoon on March 20 2022, one civilian was reportedly injured by alleged Russian shelling of a green corridor being used by a humanitarian convoy in Kharkiv. According to local sources, small arms and artillery fire damaged a car moving along the humanitarian corridor and injured the driver. On the night of 19 March through to the morning of 21 March 2022, shelling occurred widely across a number of towns in the Kharkiv area.

Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported Russia as the responsible party for the shelling of the humanitarian corridor and wider attacks in the Kharkiv area.

No other information is available at this time.

The incident occured in the afternoon.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Humanitarian evacuation
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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 (2) [ collapse]

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of Kharkiv (Харків), for which the generic coordinates are: 49.982893, 36.270036. 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 infrastructure
    Humanitarian evacuation
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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 (2) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK092

Incident date

April 3, 2022

Location

Дергачі, Derhachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

50.109589, 36.114197 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On Sunday, April 3rd 2022, three civilians were killed and seven injured by alleged Russian shells hit the residential sector of the city of Dergachi in the Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine.

Sources including Suspilne and Hromadske unanimously account for three civilians being killed and seven being injured in various degrees of severity. 2day.kh reported on the announcement by the mayor Dergachiv Vyacheslav Zadorenko who described the difficulties in providing humanitarian aid to the area due to the state of occupation. Moreover, according to Zadorenko, electricity and communication restoration could not be guaranteed because alleged Russian snipers were shooting at the workers.

The suspected attacker is alleged to be Russia, as reported by most of the sources including Suspilne, Lb.ua and Radiosvoboda.

This incident has ACLED’s reference code UKR55036.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    3
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 (15) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (6) [ collapse]

  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Derhachi on April 3, 2022. (Image posted by Suspilne News)
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Zadorenko
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Derhachi on April 3, 2022. (Image posted by 2day.kh)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Derhachi on April 3, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv Life via Telegram)
  • Screenshot of Flikr webpage
  • Location of strike according to @livemapua

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the town of Derhachi (Дергачі), for which the generic coordinates are: 50.109589, 36.114197. 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
    3
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 (15) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK142

Incident date

April 23, 2022

Location

Чорноглазівка, Chornohlazivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

50.236671, 36.050386 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

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 went to visit the mother of one of them in the village of Chornohlazivka. They hit an anti-tank mine on the dam. They died on the spot, the car was blown to pieces. The occupiers had recently withdrawn from this village, they could have left it behind.”

The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office announced that they were opening a pre-trial investigation into the incident.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR56353.

The incident occured at approximately 4:00 pm local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    2
  • (2 men)
  • 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 (19) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (4) [ collapse]

  • "Two men exploded on an enemy mine in Bohodukhiv district" (Image via Kharkiv Regional Persecutor / Facebook)
  • "Two men exploded on enemy mine in Kharkiv region - investigation launched" (Image via General Persecutor Office / Facebook)
  • "Two men explode on enemy mine in Bohodukhiv district" (Image via Slobidskiy Chasopys / Facebook)

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    "Two men explode on enemy mine in Bohodukhiv district" (Image via Kharkiv regional persecutor / Telegram)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Chornohlazivka (Чорноглазівка), for which the generic coordinates are: 50.236671, 36.050386. 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
    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 (19) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK112

Incident date

April 11, 2022

Location

Лисої гори, Lysa Hora, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

50.032652, 36.348054 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Exact location (via Airwars) level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

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 Life channel specified that two civilians were killed, a teenager and a mother of two, and among the wounded is another woman and children who were playing in the yard, with toys still lying near the site of the explosion.

Suspilne News provided additional details on the civilians affected, including a 12 year old boy and 35 year old woman who were killed and a four year old who sustained shrapnel wounds. The 12 year old boy’s grandmother was injured as well, but the source does not specify if the grandmother was injured in this attack or another attack. A neighbour told Suspilne that “When I ran, he (12 year old) was lying there. There were no chances. His whole head was cut there.” The same neighbor’s daughter and nine year old grandson were injured in the same attack, and the neighbor told Suspilne that his grandson “is not stable, but he will live.”

A local resident told Suspilne News that when the 35 year old died, her two daughters were in the house: “They came from the store, I went into the house, and she was talking on the phone, I didn’t have time to go into the house. If, perhaps, she had come a minute earlier, she would have had time… Two children were left without their mother.”

Tipichnoe_xtz telegram channel reported that in addition to the 13 year old who was killed, two of the victims were men killed by shrapnel.

The attack occurred in a private area of Kharkiv, Kholodnaya Gora, hitting a 16th story building and the children playing in the streets. Suspilne News also identified battered and burned cars as well as gutted houses as resulting from the shelling.

The suspected attacker is alleged to be Russia, as reported by most of the sources including Suspilne News and Kharkiv Life although responsibility has not been accepted explicitly.

This incident has reference to ACLED code UKR55595.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1 – 4
  • (1 child1 woman2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–3
  • 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 (7) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (6) [ collapse]

  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Lysa Gore on April 11, 2022. (Image posted by H_saltovka via Telegram)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Lysa Gore on April 11, 2022. (Image posted by H_saltovka via Telegram)
  • One of the victims of alleged Russian shelling of Lysa Gore on April 11, 2022. (Image posted by H_saltovka via Telegram)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Lysa Gore on April 11, 2022. (Image posted by H_saltovka via Telegram)

Geolocation notes (1) [ collapse]

Reports of the incident mention a residential building  in the area of Lysa Hora (Лисої гори). Analysing audio-visual material from sources, we have narrowed down the exact location of the strike to these coordinates:  50.032652, 36.348054.

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  • Imagery:
    Suspline Kharkiv

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 – 4
  • (1 child1 woman2 men)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–3
  • 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 (7) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK136

Incident date

April 21, 2022

Location

проспекті Гагаріна, Gagarin Avenue, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.933186, 36.261929 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Street level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

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.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • 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
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (1) [ collapse]

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the Gagarin Avenue (проспекті Гагаріна), for which the generic coordinates are: 49.933186, 36.261929. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

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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
    1
  • (1 man)
  • 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 (1) [ collapse]