Airwars assessment
Between three and four policemen, and up to one civilian (in total four civilians), were reportedly killed and between nine up to “dozens” were reported injured when an alleged Russian missile hit a police headquarters in Klochkivskyi, Kharkiv, on March 2nd 2022.
RBC.ua and @HromadskeUA reported that one civilian and three policeman died as a result of the incident, and 15 people were injured. Vecherniy.kharkov reported that the State Emergency Service’s preliminary number is that in this attack there were four dead, nine injured. All other sources reported that four policeman died and “dozens” of civilians were injured. Following Airwars’s methodology, “dozens” have been captured in a conservative estimate in our range as 24.
State Emergency Service added that 21 units of State Emergency Service equipment were used and that 90 personnel were working on the site.
Kharkov Nash, a Telegram channel which sometimes takes pro-Russian stances, reported that because it was an airstrike, it was Russian forces but that it was targeted because there is special equipment stored there.
This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR52539.
The incident occured at approximately 8:10 am local time.
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention a police headquarters and a university building in central Kharkiv (Харків). The generic coordinates for the police headquarters are: 49.999316, 36.236265. The generic coordinates for the university building are: 49.999330, 36.235649. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
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"On March 2, around 08:10 in Kharkiv, Russian planes bombed the central quarter of the city. The tank school, the air force university and the police department came under fire." (Image via RBC.ua)
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"On March 2, around 08:10 in Kharkiv, Russian planes bombed the central quarter of the city. The tank school, the air force university and the police department came under fire." (Image via RBC.ua)
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"On March 2, around 08:10 in Kharkiv, Russian planes bombed the central quarter of the city. The tank school, the air force university and the police department came under fire." (Image via RBC.ua)
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"On March 2, around 08:10 in Kharkiv, Russian planes bombed the central quarter of the city. The tank school, the air force university and the police department came under fire." (Image via RBC.ua)
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"On March 2, around 08:10 in Kharkiv, Russian planes bombed the central quarter of the city. The tank school, the air force university and the police department came under fire." (Image via RBC.ua)
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"On March 2, around 08:10 in Kharkiv, Russian planes bombed the central quarter of the city. The tank school, the air force university and the police department came under fire." (Image via RBC.ua)
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"On March 2, around 08:10 in Kharkiv, Russian planes bombed the central quarter of the city. The tank school, the air force university and the police department came under fire." (Image via RBC.ua)
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"On March 2, around 08:10 in Kharkiv, Russian planes bombed the central quarter of the city. The tank school, the air force university and the police department came under fire." (Image via RBC.ua)
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"On March 2, around 08:10 in Kharkiv, Russian planes bombed the central quarter of the city. The tank school, the air force university and the police department came under fire." (Image via RBC.ua)
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"As a result of the morning shelling of buildings in the center of Kharkiv, 4 people died - one civilian and 3 policemen, 15 people were injured" (Image via @HromadskeUA)
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Firefighters work to contain a fire in the complex of buildings housing the Kharkiv regional SBU security service and the regional police, allegedly hit during recent shelling by Russia, in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine on March 2, 2022.
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Firefighters work to contain a fire in the complex of buildings housing the Kharkiv regional SBU security service and the regional police, allegedly hit during recent shelling by Russia, in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine on March 2, 2022.
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Firefighters work to contain a fire in the complex of buildings housing the Kharkiv regional SBU security service and the regional police, allegedly hit during recent shelling by Russia, in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine on March 2, 2022.