Geolocation
Airwars assessment
A 16 year old boy was killed by alleged Russian shelling of a market in the village of Zhukovsky on March 9, 2022.
Suspilne Media reported that a 16 year old boy was killed by shelling of the market located at 5/7 Akademika Proskury Street in the village of Zhukovsky. Market Director Maryna Volobuyeva stated that she was informed about the shelling around noon and that the market did not suffer significant damage because the shell hit the pavilions near the market.
Various other local sources posted similar information that a 16 year old boy was killed, without any other additional details.
A tweet from @prm_ua, in addition to Ukrinform News and other local sources attributed the incident to Russian forces.
This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR53114.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Summary
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Media
from sources (7) [ collapse]
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Image of the civilian killed and the rescue workers responding when a market in the village of Zhukovsky on March 9, 2022. (Image posted by Suspilne Media)
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Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of a market in the village of Zhukovsky on March 9, 2022. (Image posted by Prm.ua)
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Screenshot of Facebook post by Lyudmila Denisova, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights
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Screenshot of Telegram post by ХС_Kharkiv
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Screenshot of Facebook post by Victor Lenochkon
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Screenshot of Facebook post by Mykola Fedorov
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Screenshot of Facebook post by GX
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention a strike outside a market on Akademika Proskury Street (вул Академіка Проскури) in the Zhukovsky (Жуковського) neighbourhood of Kharkiv (Харків). The generic coordinates for this market are: 50.046884, 36.291085. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.