(Previous Incident Code: RUK0042)

One person, either a civilian or a militant, was killed by alleged Russian airstrikes and/or artillery shelling on the village of Malynivka in Kharkiv on March 3, 2022.

Liveuamap included a link that reported that one person was killed by airstrikes in Malynivka. 2day.kh.ua also reported that military warehouses were hit by airstrikes, and that “one death is known”. Neither source specifies whether the casualty was a civilian or a militant.

Kharkiv human rights group reported that shelling in the village of Malynivka caused a forest fire. Suspilne Kharkiv added that explosions were heard from the shelling, the windows were broken out of homes, and private houses were damaged.

2day.kh.ua attributed the airstrikes/artillery shelling to the “occupiers”, while other sources did not mention who was responsible.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR54154 and UKR52673.