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Incident Date
26 February 2022
Incident Code
RUK006
Location
Безруки, Bezruky, Kharkiv, Ukraine
One civilian was reportedly killed as a result of Russian forces' shelling of the village of Bezruky, in Kharkiv on February 26th 2022. A Russian BMP, an infantry fighting vehicle, was reportedly abandoned and destroyed. This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR54063 and Bellingcat code CIV0174.
Summary
Published
26 February 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
26 February 2022
Incident Code
RUK007
Location
Волохів Яр, Volokhiv Yar, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On February 26th 2022, two civilians, including a 13 year old girl and a man, were reportedly injured as a result of alleged Russian forces shelling on in the village of Volokhiv, in Balaklia, Kharkiv. Segodnya.ua news site noted that the Balaklia local authorities reported the situation first at 15.00. It stated that the information…
Summary
Published
26 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
26 February 2022
Incident Code
RUK008
Location
Бабаї, Babai, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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.
Summary
Published
26 February 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
25 February 2022
Incident Code
RUK004
Location
вулиця Клочківська, 366, 366 Klochkivska Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On February 25th 2022, Russian military allegedly exploded single cluster bomb at a children's hospital and blood donation facility on Klochkovskaya Street in Kharkiv. One man was reportedly killed and two to three people, employees, including two women, were reportedly injured. The attack was reported to have taken place approximately at 17.00, with the earliest…
Summary
Published
25 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 February 2022
Incident Code
RUK005
Location
Державний біотехнологічний університет, State Biotechnical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On February 25th 2022, two civilians were wounded near the State Biotechnical University in Lozovenki when an alleged Russian shell hit a passing car. According to local sources, all of the students and employees were in a shelter and were not injured. This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR53878.
Summary
Published
25 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Education
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
25 February 2022
Incident Code
RUK003
Location
Харківська Державна Зооветеринарна Академія, Kharkiv State Zoological and Veterinary Academy, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On February 25th 2022 one civilian, a child, was reportedly injured as a result of an alleged Russian shell which hit the "Zoovet Academy", a veterinary academy on Akademichna Street in Mala Danylivka, Kharkiv. According to Harkiv.noyyny news site, Proliska humanitarian mission recieved a request for the evacuation of the area. This assessment has reference…
Summary
Published
25 February 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
24 February 2022
Incident Code
TS493
Location
الطريق بين القامشلي وعامودا, Road between Qamishli and Amouda, Al Hassakah, Syria
Four civilians, including three women and their driver, were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on the Qamishlo-Amouda road on February 24, 2022. According to Hawar News, a car was struck by a Turkish drone, resulting of the injury of four people, including three women. The car was traveling on the Qamishlo-Amouda road, east of…
Summary
Published
24 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2022
Incident Code
RUK001
Location
Микрорайон Авиатор, будинок №157, Чугуїв, Aviator neighborhood (no. 157), Chuhuiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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…
Summary
Published
24 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
2
Civilians reported injured
12–19
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
24 February 2022
Incident Code
RUK002
Location
Чугуїв, Chugeuv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On February 24th 2022, one civilian, a municipal worker or employee of Kharkivgaz, was killed, and 23 civilians were reportedly wounded when alleged Russian rocket fire, machine gun fire, and grenade launchers hit the city of Chugeuv. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported that three employees of Kharkivgaz were injured. Various sources reported that a…
Summary
Published
24 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Resources
(
Gas Facility
)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
23
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 February 2022
Incident Code
RS4694
Location
عدوان, Adwan, Idlib, Syria
On February 22nd 2022, two children were seriously injured, according to local reports, as a result of the explosion of previously unexploded ordnance left from previous Syrian regime or Russian airstrikes in the village of Adwan, west of Idlib, Syria. One of those children was reported to have died from his injuries the next day,…
Summary
Published
22 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
22 February 2022
Incident Code
USSOM345
Location
Fiidow, Hiiraan, Somalia
At least 60 Al-Shabaab militants were reported killed in a declared US airstrike in support of Somali ground actions, at Fiidow village in Hiiraan on February 22, 2022. Somali National Television reported that "over 60 Al Shabab terrorists were killed in a planned security operation conducted by #Somali National Army with support of airstrikes of…
Summary
Published
22 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Military actors reported killed
60
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
22 February 2022
Incident Code
CS1979
Location
الدحلة, Al Dahla, Deir Ezzor, Syria
One civilian, named in local sources as Ibrahim Khalif Ali Al-Ammar, aged 52, was reportedly killed during a Syrian Democratic Forces and US-led Coalition raid on the village of Al-Dahla, in the countryside of Deir Ezzor, at dawn on February 22nd 2022. According to local sources, he was shot at dawn when his house was…
Summary
Published
22 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
21 February 2022
Incident Code
RS4692
Location
جسر الشغور, Jisr Al Shughur, Idlib, Syria
Three children were injured by an unexploded ordinance belonging to Russian and/or Syrian regime forces on February 21, 2022. According to Baladi News, three children were seriously injured when an unexploded ordnance from a previous bombing by the Syrian regime and Russian forces exploded in the city of Jisr Al Shughur. All other sources reported…
Summary
Published
21 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
21 February 2022
Incident Code
RS4693
Location
دركوش, Darkoush, Idlib, Syria
One girl was injured when an unexploded ordnance from a previous bombing by Russian or regime forces exploded in Darkoush on February 21, 2022. Syrian Civil Defense reported that a girl was injured when an unexploded ordnance exploded in her home after she was collecting firewood with her family in the outskirts of Darkoush. White…
Summary
Published
21 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
20 February 2022
Incident Code
RS4691
Location
تادف, Tadef, Aleppo, Syria
Two children were injured, with one reportedly dying of their injuries, when an unexploded cluster bomb from a previous bombing by the regime or Russian forces exploded in the town of Tadef, Syria, on February 20, 2022. According to a tweet from @Almohrar1, two children were injured, one of whom had his hand amputated, due…
Summary
Published
20 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Planted explosives and unexploded ordnance (UXO)
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
16 February 2022
Incident Code
RS4690
Location
سوق المحروقات بين بلدتي ترمانين والدانا, the fuel market between Tarmanin An Al Dana towns, Idlib, Syria
Between three and four civilians were killed and up to five others were injured in alleged Russian or regime artillery strikes on February 16, 2022. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, four civilians were killed and two others were injured in artillery shelling of a fuel market and the outskirts of the widow camp near…
Summary
Published
16 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–4
Civilians reported injured
2–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
15 February 2022
Incident Code
TS492
Location
تل رفعت, Tal Rifaat, Aleppo, Syria
Up to five civilians, including up to four children and a woman, were injured in alleged Turkish strikes on Tal Rifaat on February 15, 2022. Hawar News reported that five civilians, including women and children, were injured when Turkish forces bombed Tal Rifaat. North Press Agency put the total number of injuries at four and…
Summary
Published
15 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
15 February 2022
Incident Code
YS125
Location
اعزاز, Azaz, Aleppo, Syria
On February 15th 2022, missile shelling targeted the city of Azaz in the northern countryside of Aleppo and reportedly killed three to six civilians and wounded between four and 12 others, including one to three children. The shelling was alleged PKK/YPG or attributed to the Syrian regime. Two students, Saeed Al-Haji and Akram Al-Hassan, in…
Summary
Published
15 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
3–6
Civilians reported injured
4–12
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG
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Incident Date
15 February 2022
Incident Code
TI077
Location
شيلادزي, Shiladze, Duhok, Iraq
At least one man was killed in alleged Turkish strikes near the town of Shiladze in Amedi district on February 15th 2022, according to local reports. Hawar News quoted Roj News Agency, which reported that Hussain Haider (Hussein Rikani) was killed in Turkish bombings of the villages in the Shiladze district of Başûr. North Press Agency…
Summary
Published
15 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
12 February 2022
Incident Code
RS4689
Location
معارة النعسان, Maaret al Nassan, Idlib, Syria
According to local sources, a Russian or Syrian regime artillery shelling killed five to six civilians from the same family and injured two to seven civilians including one to two children and one woman. Among those killed were reportedly two to three children, two women and two men. The incident happend on February 12th 2022…
Summary
Published
12 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–6
Civilians reported injured
2–7
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date
12 February 2022
Incident Code
YS124
Location
جرابلس, Jarablus, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and six civilians, including up to four children and a woman, most from the same family, were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces shelling of Jarabulus on February 12, 2022. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, five civilians, including four from one family - a man, his wife, and two of their children,…
Summary
Published
12 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported injured
3–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Syrian Democratic Forces
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Incident Date
9 February 2022
Incident Code
TS491
Location
البهيرة, Bahira, Al Hassakah, Syria
Between one and two children were killed and three others were injured in alleged Turkish drone strikes on a vehicle in the village of Bahira on February 9, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, two children were killed and three others were injured when a Turkish drone struck Bahira village in Al-Hasakah…
Summary
Published
9 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
8 February 2022
Incident Code
CS1978
Location
البصيرة, Bisira, Deir Ezzor, Syria
At least one civilian, a child, was killed and his father was injured in an alleged airdrop operation by the Coalition and the SDF in the city of Bisira on February 8, 2022. A tweet from @DeirEzzorNow reported that the International Coalition and HAT forces carried out a landing operation in the city of Bisira that…
Summary
Published
8 February 2022
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Small arms and light weapons
Military Actor
Syrian Democratic Forces
,
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
6 February 2022
Incident Code
USYEMBi006
Location
الكولة, Al Kawlah, Ma'rib, Yemen
On February 6th 2022, an alleged US drone strike was reported to have struck a car with Al-Qaeda members inside, possibly including a "suspected leader." All passengers - reported as Al-Qaeda militants - in the car were reported to have been "killed and wounded", and civilian casualties were also reported of those "who were near…
Summary
Published
6 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Car
)
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
3 February 2022
Incident Code
CS1977
Location
طمة, دير بلوط, Deir Balout, Atma, Idlib, Syria
Up to thirteen civilians, including six children and four women, were reported killed and at least one child was injured after US forces targeted and subsequently killed the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, in Atma, northwest Syria on February 3rd 2022. Local reporting was conflicted as to whether the casualties…
Summary
Published
3 February 2022
Strike Type
Counter-Terrorism Action (Ground)
Civilians reported killed
9–13
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Military actors reported killed
4–5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S.-led Coalition
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Incident Date
2 February 2022
Incident Code
TS490
Location
عنديور, Ain Diwar, Syria
Up to two civilians were injured in Ain Diwar village, in the countryside of Derik in northeast Syria when Turkish shells hit their homes on February 2nd 2022. According to the North Press Agency, "the bombardment also resulted in the destruction of two houses, and the outbreak of fire in five houses." The SDF announced…
Summary
Published
2 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
0–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
0–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2022
Incident Code
YS123
Location
لباب,, Al-Bab, Aleppo, Syria
According to local sources, the SDF, the Syrian regime, or the Syrian National Army targeted the city of Al-Bab with missiles and artillery, hitting a number of neighbourhoods in the city, located in the northeast of Aleppo, Syria, on February 2nd 2022. Five to ten civilians were reported killed and at least ten and up…
Summary
Published
2 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Civilians reported killed
5–10
Civilians reported injured
10–32
Military actors reported killed
0–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Kurdish Forces
,
Syrian Democratic Forces
,
Syrian Regime
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Incident Date
2 February 2022
Incident Code
TS488
Location
كوباني, Kolya, Al Hassakah, Syria
At least one civilian, a 30 year old woman, was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Kolya on February 2, 2022. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 30 year old woman and a civilian were seriously injured as a result of Turkish artillery shelling on the village of Kolya…
Summary
Published
2 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1–2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
2 February 2022
Incident Code
TS489
Location
تل تمر, Tel Tamr, Al Hassakah, Syria
At least one child was injured in alleged Turkish shelling of the village of Tel Tamar on February 2, 2022. A tweet from @me_delal, a Kurdish human right activist, reported that a child was wounded when Turkish forces shelled Tel Tamar. Both @NPA_English and Athr Press also reported that Turkish forces shelled the village of…
Summary
Published
2 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date
1 February 2022
Incident Code
TI076
Location
مخمور, Makhmur camp, Nineveh, Iraq
At least two civilians were killed and up to 17 others, including a woman, were injured in Turkish airstrikes on Makhmour refugee camp on February 1, 2022. The correspondent of the Rudaw Media Network reported that Makhmour camp was subjected to Turkish bombardment six times and according to Makhmour Health, eight people were killed by the…
Summary
Published
1 February 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
(
Drone Strike
)
Civilians reported killed
2–6
Civilians reported injured
15–17
Military actors reported killed
2–6
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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