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Airwars assessment
On February 26th 2022, one elderly woman was reportedly killed when an alleged Russian forces artillery strike hit a residential nine storey building with the address of 40a Buchma Street, in Kharkiv. 20 other people were rescued and two were reportedly taken to hospital, injured.
Redpost.com reported that there was destruction of the “bearing wall of the staircase and flights of stairs from the 2nd to the 7th floors, building structures of apartments on the 4th, 5th and 6th floors were damaged.” It reported that the elderly women died as a result of the destruction that was caused by the artillery fire, who lived on the 5th floor.
The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office announced an investigation into the incident based on a violation of the laws and customs of war related to premeditated murder (part 2 of article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The time of the incident was reported from 21.00 to 22.50.
The incident occured between 9:00 pm and 10:50 pm local time.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the building of 40A on Buchma Street (ул. Бучмы) being struck, for which the generic coordinates are: 50.026307, 36.364638. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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"22:50 Kharkiv. Buchma street." (@666shambala / Twitter)
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"Yesterday, February 26, on the street. Buchmy, 40A at about 21:00 fired at a multi-storey residential building." (Image via Objective News)
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"In Kharkov, the Russian military shelled the Saltovka area. Enemy fire destroyed the house. Shelling hit the house on Buchma Street. The entrance was damaged the most." (Image via 24tv)
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"In Kharkov, the Russian military shelled the Saltovka area. Enemy fire destroyed the house. Shelling hit the house on Buchma Street. The entrance was damaged the most." (Image via 24tv)
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"On February 26 at 21:20, number 101 received a message that as a result of enemy artillery ammunition hit a residential 9-storey building on the street. Buchma, 40a, in Kharkov, the bearing wall of the staircase was destroyed. The building structures of apartments on the 4th, 5th and 6th floors were damaged." (Image via Nv.ua news)
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Destruction after an alleged Russian projectile hit Buchma Street on February 26th 2022 (Image via Newsroom)