Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RUK023

Incident date

March 2–3, 2022

Location

Ізюм, Izium, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.190306, 37.278075 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Nearby landmark level. Continue to map

Additional Geolocations

49.222945, 37.306533 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Street level. Continue to map 49.206316, 37.322908 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Street level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Between six and nine civilians, including two children, were killed and three others were injured and rescued from the rubble following alleged Russian airstrikes/shelling of the city of Izyum on March 2, 2022.

Pravda News reported that Russian airstrikes on the city of Izyum resulted in the death of eight civilians, including two children. Pravda provided the details that the air raid lasted from 12:14 to 2:02am, with bombs hitting street. Cathedral 39, st. Ukrainian, 6, st. M. Fedorenko, 16 and others. One woman was rescued from the rubble of a damaged 5-storey residential building, while on st. Ukrainian 8 people were killed, including 2 children (about 5-6 years old) and rescuers removed their bodies from the rubble. On st. N. Fedorenko 2 women who were trapped in a destroyed house were rescued from the rubble.

Kharkov.comments.ua quoted Deputy Mayor of Izyum for Humanitarian Affairs Vladimir Matsokin who originally reported that six civilians were killed but later updated the number to eight, specifying that they died when a shell hit a residential building on Ukrainskaya Street. Multiple other local sources also provided six deaths as the toll quoting the deputy mayor, meaning these were also preliminary tolls, while Helsinki.org.ua quoted Stepan Maselskyi, the head of the Izyum RDA, who put the number of killed at nine.

5ua News added that there was significant damage to the city center from the strikes, and the windows in the executive committee’s office were blown out. Truexa New posted on Telegram referred to the area affected as being the railway area and Telegraf.com.ua reported that the city police station was struck, resulting in a fire.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR52537.

The incident occured between 12:14 am and 2:02 am local time.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention residential buildings struck at 39 Cathedral Street (вул.Соборна 39), on Ukrainian Street (вул.Українська), and on Marshal Fedorenko Street (вул.Маршала Федоренка). The generic coordinates for 39 Cathedral Street are: 49.190306, 37.278075. The generic coordinates for Ukrainian Street are: 49.222945, 37.306533. The generic coordinates for Marshal Fedorenko Street are: 49.206316, 37.322908. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the locations further.

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Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Airstrike and/or Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    6 – 9
  • (2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (34) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (13) [ collapse]

  • Consequences of the shelling of the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine
  • Damage caused by alleged Russian airstrikes on Izyum on March 2, 2022. (Image posted by Unian news)
  • Screenshot of a Facebook post by Kharkov Time
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Oleg Zaiyats
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Stepan Maselskyi
  • "Izyum, Kharkiv region after Russian army shelled" (Image via @olehbatkovych / Twitter)
  • "Izyum, Kharkiv region after Russian army shelled" (Image via @olehbatkovych / Twitter)
  • "on March 3, 2022, as a result of an air attack from an unidentified weapon by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, houses on the Soborna, Donets Zakharzhevskyi, Heroes of Chernobyl, and Staroposhtova streets of the city of Izium were damaged." (Image via @Ukraine_SID / Twitter)
  • " The attack began at about 11:59 p.m., hitting a high-rise building and a private house. At least three civilians were killed in a private home." (Image via @EnglishUkraine / Twitter)
  • "on March 3, 2022, as a result of an air attack from an unidentified weapon by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, houses on the Soborna, Donets Zakharzhevskyi, Heroes of Chernobyl, and Staroposhtova streets of the city of Izium were damaged." (Image via @Ukraine_SID / Twitter)

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
    6 – 9
  • (2 children)
  • Civilians reported injured
    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 belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (34) [ collapse]