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

RUK019

Incident date

February 28, 2022

Location

Рогань, Rohan’, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.901727, 36.486292 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One civilian was killed and another civilian was injured by alleged Russian shelling of the village of Rohan on February 28, 2022.

The Kharkiv Human Rights Group reported that in the village of Rohan, a residential building was hit by artillery shelling and caught on fire, resulting in the death of one person and injury of another person.

Army Inform News referred to those killed and injured as “men”.

There were no other details available about the victims or the location.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR54071.

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)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 (9) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • They hit two sleeping areas. Rohan and Oleksiivka. It is already known about 14 wounded and 3 dead Вдарили по двох спальних районах. Рогань та Олексіївка. Вже відомо про 14 поранених та 3 загиблих (Facebook post by Anna Annuschka)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Rohan (Рогань), for which the generic coordinates are: 49.901727, 36.486292. 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)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 (9) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK049

Incident date

March 11, 2022

Location

Московський проспект (Проспект Героїв Харкова), Moskovskiy Prospekt (Heroiv Kharkiv Prospekt), Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.963451, 36.334415 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Street level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

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.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or 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 (6) [ collapse]

  • Picture of the alleged impact on the entrance door from the reported Russian shelling on March 11st 2022. Photo : 24tv
  • Another picture of the alleged impact of a shrapnel that reportedly killed a civilian on March 11st 2022. Photo: 24tv
  • Another picture of the impact on the door following alleged Russian shrapnel on March 11st 2022. Photo: Truexanewsua
  • Alleged picture of the civilian killed by a Russian shrapnel on March 11st 2022. Photo: Truexanewsua
  • Alleged picture where the civilian was reportedly killed by a Russian shrapnel in Kharkiv, on March 11st 2022. Photo: Truexanewsua
  • "On Moskovsky Prospekt, as a result of an explosion, a civilian was killed through a metal front door with a shrapnel." Photo: ХС_Kharkiv

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention Moskovskiy Prospekt (Московський проспект), recently renamed to Heroiv Kharkiv Prospekt (Проспект Героїв Харкова), for which the generic coordinates are: 49.963451, 36.334415. 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
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or 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]

Incident Code

RUK082

Incident date

March 26, 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

At approximately 11am on March 26th 2022, Russian forces reportedly shelled the town of Barvinkove in the Izyum district of Kharkiv, resulting in the deaths of at least four Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian, as well as causing a fire in a secondary school. Multiple Ukrainian news sources, and a number of posts on Telegram reported the attack and the deaths of the four personnel members and one civilian. All the reports stated that the number of civilian injuries was to be determined, with no source giving a figure. The fire in the secondary school, also referred to as a lyceum, was subsequently extinguished.

Investigators for the State Security Service of Ukraine, under the procedural leadership of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office have launched a pre-trial investigation into the alleged attack for violating the laws and customs of war, combined with intentional murder as per Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Perviy Kharkovskyi, a presumably Ukrainian Telegram channel with a clear pro-Russian stance and Kharkov Nash Telegram channel, a Ukrainian channel based in Kharkiv with local correspondents in the city, both claimed that the school was being used by Ukrainian forces to create a ‘human shield’ for the Ukrainian soldiers, therefore attempting to shift the blame onto Ukrainian forces by suggesting they had broken the laws of war themselves. One of the sources, Kharkov Nash, identified five soldiers as being killed in the attack, without directly contesting that the civilian killed was actually a soldier.

This incident has ACLED’s reference code: UKR54576.

The incident occured at approximately 11:00 am local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Ukrainian Military
  • Belligerents reported killed
    4–5

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]

  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Barvinkove on March 26, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office via Facebook)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Barvinkove on March 26, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office via Facebook)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Barvinkove on March 26, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office via Facebook)
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Barvinkove on March 26, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office via Facebook)

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
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    School
  • 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
  • Suspected target
    Ukrainian Military
  • Belligerents reported killed
    4–5

Sources (13) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK127

Incident date

April 17, 2022

Location

Довжик, Dovzhyk, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

50.201469831961944, 35.94686455672331 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

A woman was killed by alleged Russian shelling of the village of Dovzhyk April 17, 2022.

Suspilne News reported that according to the head of the community Viktor Kovalenko, a woman was killed when a Russian shell struck the village of Dovzhyk in the Zolochiv community. Kovalenko stated that the woman is over 50 years old and was working in her greenhouse when she was hit by the shell fragment. Kovalenko also added that the Russian forces meant to hit an agricultural enterprise and instead hit private houses.

Sq.com.ua added that the woman died on the spot after being hit by the shell.

This incident has reference to ACLED code UKR55975.

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 woman)
  • 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 (1) [ collapse]

  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Vitaliy Kyva

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Dovzhyk (Довжик), for which the generic coordinates are: 50.201469831961944, 35.94686455672331. 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 woman)
  • 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

RUK148

Incident date

April 25, 2022

Location

Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

50.274619589848456, 35.97481440340894 Note: The accuracy of this location is to City level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

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 born in 1960 suffered injuries to a leg and her chest while a man born in 1950 was reported to have been injured by a fragment hit to the stomach.

Suspline media updated this assessment at 10:22pm due a statement by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Synigubov, who stated that four in total had been wounded in the village as a result of the shelling. However, no details have been shared of the further two civilians wounded by the attack.

While early reports by Helsinki.org.ua claimed four private homes had been damaged by the shelling, this was updated by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office Facebook page to eight “residential buildings”. A pre-trial investigation into the violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) by the SBU management in Kharkiv region found Russian servicemen to have carried out the shelling of the village.

This shelling was part of a wider attack which affected the neighbouring villages of Slatyne and Bezruky after their liberation by Ukrainian forces.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR56546.

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 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–4
  • 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 caused by alleged Russian shelling of Zolochiv on April 25, 2022. (Image posted by @nakipeloua)
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of Zolochiv (Золочів), for which the generic coordinates are: 50.274619589848456, 35.97481440340894. 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 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2–4
  • 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]

Incident Code

RUK173

Incident date

May 3, 2022

Location

Динамо, Dynamo Stadium, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

50.021894, 36.239837 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Nearby landmark level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

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 the Dynamo stadium.

Several images have emerged of the damage caused by the shelling, including burnt park buildings. An image posted on kharkiv1654’s Telegram channel shows what may have been the factory of the single fatality of this attack, detailing a three story building with extensive fire damage to the top two stories and significant structural damage to the building front. No further details are known about the victims of the attack at this time.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR57076.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    1
  • 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 (5) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]

  • Factory damaged by alleged Russian shelling in Kharkiv on May 3, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv1654 via Telegram)
  • Factory damaged by alleged Russian shelling in Kharkiv on May 3, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv1654 via Telegram)
  • Attractions are on fire. Photo: Serhiy Kozlov/KHARKIV Today
  • Attractions are on fire. Photo: Serhiy Kozlov/KHARKIV Today

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the area surrounding the Dynamo Stadium (Динамо), for which the generic coordinates are: 50.021894, 36.239837. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the locations 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
  • 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 (5) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK026

Incident date

March 3, 2022

Location

Олексіївка, Oleksiivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

50.049446, 36.200257 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Neighbourhood/area level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

One woman was reported injured after an alleged Russian airstrike on the village of Oleksiivka, in the Lozivskii area of Kharkiv on March 3rd 2022.

The official statement from the regional department of the National police was recorded in Newsroom news channel, “two houses were completely destroyed, other houses and cars were damaged, windows were broken, roofs were damaged. A woman was injured, who was wounded by fragments of broken glass. She was taken to the hospital and treated.” Kharkov.comments reported that the victim’s life was not in danger.

The attack was reported to have taken place approximately at 19.00.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR52609.

The incident occured at approximately 7:00 pm local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • 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
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (14) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (11) [ collapse]

  • "According to the source, last night, March 3, in the village of Alekseevka, Lozovsky district, Russian planes launched an air strike. As a result of the incident, two residential buildings were completely destroyed, as well as houses and cars were damaged, windows were broken, and roofs were damaged." (Image via Kharkov.comments)
  • "According to the source, last night, March 3, in the village of Alekseevka, Lozovsky district, Russian planes launched an air strike. As a result of the incident, two residential buildings were completely destroyed, as well as houses and cars were damaged, windows were broken, and roofs were damaged." (Image via Kharkov.comments)
  • "According to the source, last night, March 3, in the village of Alekseevka, Lozovsky district, Russian planes launched an air strike. As a result of the incident, two residential buildings were completely destroyed, as well as houses and cars were damaged, windows were broken, and roofs were damaged." (Image via Kharkov.comments)
  • "According to the source, last night, March 3, in the village of Alekseevka, Lozovsky district, Russian planes launched an air strike. As a result of the incident, two residential buildings were completely destroyed, as well as houses and cars were damaged, windows were broken, and roofs were damaged." (Image via Kharkov.comments)
  • Kharkiv police reported that "As a result of the evening aerial bombardment of the village of Oleksiivka, Loziv district, there were no casualties" (Image via Kharkiv Police / Facebook)
  • "In the May Day district of the Kharkov region Alekseyevka a bomb fell after the plane flew over, thank God everyone is alive. In the Kharkov region. Barvenkovo, also around 10 pm a plane flew by and a bomb was dropped near the city." (Image via Truexanewsua / Telegram)
  • "In the May Day district of the Kharkov region Alekseyevka a bomb fell after the plane flew over, thank God everyone is alive. In the Kharkov region. Barvenkovo, also around 10 pm a plane flew by and a bomb was dropped near the city." (Image via Truexanewsua / Telegram)
  • "In the May Day district of the Kharkov region Alekseyevka a bomb fell after the plane flew over, thank God everyone is alive. In the Kharkov region. Barvenkovo, also around 10 pm a plane flew by and a bomb was dropped near the city." (Image via Truexanewsua / Telegram)
  • "In the May Day district of the Kharkov region Alekseyevka a bomb fell after the plane flew over, thank God everyone is alive. In the Kharkov region. Barvenkovo, also around 10 pm a plane flew by and a bomb was dropped near the city." (Image via Truexanewsua / Telegram)

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the Oleksiivka (Олексіївка) neighbourhood of Kharkiv (харків), for which the generic coordinates are: 50.049446, 36.200257. 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
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike
  • 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
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (14) [ collapse]

Incident Code

RUK063

Incident date

March 17, 2022

Location

Козача Лопань, Kozacha Lopan, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

50.336013, 36.193996 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Exact location (via Airwars) level. Continue to map

Additional Geolocations

50.334438, 36.190772 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Exact location (via Airwars) level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between four and six civilians, including an elderly woman, were killed and at least two others, including a child, were wounded by alleged Russian or Ukrainian shelling of Kozacha Lopan in Kharkiv on March 17, 2022.

The head of the Dergachev community Vyacheslav Zadorenko announced on Facebook that Russian forces used cluster bombs and “as a result, at least six people were killed, data on the number of injured are being investigated. The invaders bombed the railway station, shops, pharmacies and other civilian buildings in the center of the village. At the same time, the military infrastructure that the invaders placed in Kazachya, as well as the Russian military, were not damaged.” Various local sources quoted Zadorenko and provided similar information.

Russian sources including Russian state-run RIA Novosti attributed the bombing to Ukrainian forces, accusing Ukraine of bombing “civilian objects, including at the point of issue of humanitarian aid,” resulting in the death of four civilians and the injury of at least two others. Quoting a “representative of the local provisional administration,” the Russian source reported that the shelling occurred around noon and involved 52 mm artillery guns. Discussing the victims, a local resident told RIA that a teenage girl was wounded when she was “returning home with their grandmother with food products. The grandmother was killed on the spot, the girl’s leg was torn off.”

This assessment corresponds to ACLED code UKR53666.

The incident occured at approximately 12:00 pm local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4 – 6
  • (1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Ukrainian Military

Sources (29) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (12) [ collapse]

  • Damage caused by alleged Russian bombing of Kozacha Lopan on March 17, 2022. (Image posted by Slovoidilo)
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Zadorenko
  • Damage from an alleged Russian cluster bomb on March 17, 2022. (Image posted by @TRTRussian)
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Tatyana Radchuk
  • The armed forces of Ukraine from heavy guns fired at the border village of Kazachya Lopan, Kharkiv region. They beat exclusively on civilian objects, including at the point of issue of humanitarian aid. At that moment, another batch of food and basic necessities was distributed to people. As a result, four civilians were killed and several others were injured.
  • In the LNR reported 4 dead after the shelling of the village in the Kharkiv region by the Armed Forces of Ukraine As reported in the Luhansk People's Republic, in the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian soldiers fired on the village of Cossack Lopan from heavy guns. According to preliminary information, the shelling lasted about half an hour, and in total about forty shells were fired from the MSTA. As a result of the shelling, four people were killed, and more than two were injured. “The first shells fell around noon, it was at this time that almost the entire village (and this is at least a thousand people) received Russian humanitarian aid. Also, blows were delivered to the area of the village council and the local school. There were also people there and received humanitarian aid,” the LPR noted. The victims were evacuated to the Russian Federation for medical assistance. Among the wounded civilians was a 12-year-old girl, she was caught on the street with her grandmother when they were returning to their home with food products. An elderly woman died on the spot, and the girl was seriously injured, the LPR reported. Some residents managed to leave their homes when everything calmed down. They traveled on foot to the Russian border to take cover from shelling.
  • Damage caused by shelling of Cossack Lopan on March 17, 2022. (Image posted by Rossaprimavera.ru)
  • Ukrainian security forces shelled the recently liberated village of Kozachya Lopan in Kharkiv region. According to the RIA Novosti news agency, the first shells fell around noon. It was at this time that at least a thousand people gathered in the square to receive Russian humanitarian aid. According to preliminary information, four people were killed and at least two wounded. The victims, including a 12-year-old girl, were evacuated to Russia.
  • Kozachya Lopan was shelled with heavy weapons during the distribution of humanitarian aid Ukrainian militants shelled the village of Kozachya Lopan in Kharkiv region with heavy guns. The settlement is under the control of the Russian army. They organized a distribution of humanitarian aid there, and when hundreds of people arrived, the neo-Nazis opened fire on them. There were fatalities and injuries.

Geolocation notes (4) [ collapse]

Reports of the incident mention strikes in multiple locations in the town of Kozacha Lopan (Козача Лопань). Analysing audiovisual material from sources, we have narrowed these locations down to the following coordinates: 50.336013, 36.193996; 50.334438, 36.190772.

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  • Tagged visual material from sources

    Imagery:
    Zvezda

  • Tagged visual material from sources

    Imagery:
    Zvezda

  • Tagged visual material from sources

    Imagery:
    First Kharkov

  • Tagged visual material from sources

    Imagery:
    First Kharkov

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Ukrainian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    4 – 6
  • (1 woman)
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected attackers
    Russian Military, Ukrainian Military

Sources (29) [ collapse]