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)
Three civilians were killed and five others were injured by alleged Russian shelling of Shebelynka on May 12, 2022. The head office of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv posted on Telegram that an enemy projectile hit a “hangar building” at 4:35pm causing a fire to break out on the roof of the
At least one woman was reported injured and later pronounced dead as a result of alleged Russian shelling in Kharkiv, February 28th 2022. Local sources reported that the woman was a ‘pensioner’ who died in hospital, after being seriously injured when Russian shelling entered her kitchen on the 11th floor of a residential apartment block.
Two civilians, including a woman, were killed by alleged Russian airstrikes and/or shelling of Milova village on March 11, 2022. The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported that according to the Mayor of Balakliya Ivan Stolbovy two people were killed by two Russian airstrikes that struck two residential buildings, a two story building and a
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
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
On the afternoon of April 23, there were reports of shelling by Russian forces in Kharkiv. This took place in Saltivka, an area within the city’s North Eastern Kyivskiy district, and reportedly resulted in four civilian injuries, including an elderly woman and those trying to rescue her, classifying this incident as a double tap strike.
On 23rd April 2022, it was reported that three people were killed and between one to two people were injured as a result of alleged Russian shelling in the Chuguiv and Dergachi districts of the Kharkiv region in north-eastern Ukraine. According to local media outlet Rayon, the head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov
Up to 11 civilians, including a child, were killed and between 20 and 35 others were injured by an alleged Russian rocket attack on Kharkiv Administration building on Svobody Square in Kharkiv on March 1, 2022. The Kharkiv Human Rights Group reported that at 8:02am, a rocket attack struck the building of the Kharkiv Regional
On March 18 2022, one person was injured when 10 residential buildings in Pisochyn, Kharkiv were hit by suspected Russian shelling which also burnt a car and damaged several others, according to local sources. Oleg Chornobai, the Head of the Pisochyn community announced the incident via Facebook, also stating that one person was injured in
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
One civilian was killed and eight other civilians were reportedly injured when a Russian shell hit a garage cooperative on April 14th 2022 in the Slobid district of Kharkiv, as reported in local sources including by an injured man to Suspilne Kharkiv on YouTube. Videos including on Telegram show images of destructed garages and cars
On May 2 2022, a convoy of vehicles engaged in the evacuation of Ruska Lozova was reportedly hit by mortar fire allegedly directed by Russian forces. According to local media, two cars were damaged and one civilian was injured. In a post published on Facebook, Vyacheslav Zadorenko, mayor of the neighboring town Derhachi, described the
On May 5, 2022, a village within the Nadezhdi Starostyn District was reportedly hit with Russian rocket fire. According to local media and the mayor of the nearby city of Loziv, one civilian, identified as an elderly woman, was killed during this event. Posting on Facebook on May 6, the Mayor of Loziv, Sergiy Selenskyy,
One woman was killed by alleged Russian shelling of the city of Chuhuyiv on March 8, 2022. A tweet from @SerhiiZhorzh reported that a female Russian citizen was killed when Russian shelling hit her home in the city of Chuhuyiv, and that she had been living in Ukraine since 2012. Status Quo News attributed the
On March 19th, 2022 during a clash between Ukrainian and Russian forces, Russian shelling allegedly resulted in the death of five civilians, including a woman, in Izium. According to several news outlets, five local residents were killed in Izium. 2day.kh.ua detailed the killing of five civilians, according to Oleg Synegubov, head of the Kharkov Military-Civilian
On April 10th 2022, one civilian was killed by a reported Russian artillery strike on Pavlova Street in Kharkiv. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported that a “three-story residential building in the area of the French Boulevard shopping center was damaged, and one person was killed.” It also reported that the Kharkiv Regional Center for
One civilian was killed and up to three others were injured in alleged Russian shelling of Saltivka district of the city of Kharkiv the evening of April 27, 2022. Oleksandr Skoryk, deputy of the Kharkiv Regional Council, told Espresso.tv that in Kharkiv there was one death and three wounded from shelling. The deputy also added
Three civilians were allegedly shot by Russian forces and their bodies were discovered on May 10, 2022 in the village of Tsyrkuny. According to Suspilne News, Serhii Bolvinov, head of the Kharkiv Oblast Police Investigative Department reported that after the liberation of the village of Tsyrkuny, the bodies of three civilians were found on the
Two civilians were injured by alleged Russian shelling of Balakliia on May 12, 2022. The Head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration Oleg Synegubov posted on Telegram that “2 people were also injured in Balaklia.” This incident has reference to ACLED code UKR57686. No other information is available for this incident.
On February 24th 2022, one boy, aged 13, and a man were reportedly killed, and between 12 to 19 civilians were injured, including a woman, as a result of Russian forces firing of “heavy multiple rocket launcher systems” in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv. Whilst multiple sources reported that a young boy had died, only one reported that
On March 8th 2022, an explosion in the centre of Balakleia reportedly killed one civilian and injured three other civilians, as a result of alleged Russian warplanes. According to a local source on Twitter, “two planes flew over and dropped three bombs.” Telegram posts by Kharkov Nash, which has expressed sympathies for Russia, speculated as
One civilian was killed and at least three others were wounded by alleged Russian shelling of the town of Dergachi on March 30, 2022. Helsinki.org.ua reported that an airstrike on the town of Dergachi around 4pm/5pm in the evening destroyed the city council and private homes, as well as injured at least three people. Lb.ua
On April 10th 2022, three people, including a child, later identified as a seven year old were killed following Russian shelling in Balakliia, according to Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. The same source reported that the shelling destroyed civilian homes. The deaths were confirmed by the Izyum State Administration. There were numerous reports that suspected
One civilian was injured by alleged Russian shelling and mortar attacks on the Lozova community on April 29, 2022. The Kharkiv Regional Military Administration announced on Telegram that as a result of Russian shelling and mortar attacks on the Lozova community, one person was wounded. Local sources quoted similar information from the same source. No
One civilian was reported injured in Dergachy after an alleged Russian shelling of Kharkiv on April 26th, 2022. The head of the Kharkiv Regional State, Oleg Sinegubov, specified that “one person was injured in Dergachy,” and the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group added that according to Vyacheslav Zadorenko, the mayor of Dergachy, the alleged shelling damaged
Between five and eight civilians were killed and up to 10 others were injured by alleged Russian airstrikes/shelling of a residential building on Novobavarsky Avenue, 95 in the Bavaria district of Kharkiv on March 1, 2022. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group identified eight people killed, six people injured, and 38 people rescued following the bombing.
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
On March 5th 2022, at least four civilians were wounded when alleged Russian forces shelled Pidlyman, a village in the Boriv district of Kharkiv. Helsinki.org.ua reported that they are being treated in the hospital. This assessment has reference to ACLED Code: UKR52772
On April 14th 2022, at least seven and up to ten civilians were killed and between 13 to 30 were injured, including at least one child, when Russian forces shells and gunfire hit evacuation buses in the village of Borova, Izyum district of Kharkiv. Kharkiv Today reported that evacuation from the region began on April
Two civilians, both men, were reported injured on May 3rd 2022 when Russian forces’ shells allegedly hit Zolochiv in Kharkiv. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported that Russian forces shelled this area “from the temporarily captured Kozacha Lopan” and that 25 residential buildings were damaged. It was the only source that reported that one civilian
