Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RUK051

Incident date

March 11, 2022

Location

село Високий, село Ржавець, Vysoky and Rzhavets villages, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.887344, 36.125397 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Additional Geolocations

49.863968, 36.142571 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On March 11th 2022, at approximately 3:30 p.m., five civilians were reportedly injured by Russian artillery shelling on Vysoky and Rzhavets villages, Kharkiv district. Sources also added that 10 residential buildings were damaged during the attack. Sources quoted the press service of the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

The incident occured at approximately 3:30 pm local time.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    5
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • On March 11st 2022, fragment of alleged Russian artillery which injured 5 civilians in village of Vysoky and the village of Rzhavets, Photo: Kharkiv Today

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention strikes on the villages of Vysoky (Високий) and Rzhavets (Ржавець). The generic coordinates for Vysoky are: 49.887344, 36.125397. The generic coordinates for Rzhavets are: 49.863968, 36.142571. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

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Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    5
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected attacker
    Russian Military

Sources (5) [ collapse]