Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RUK067

Incident date

March 18, 2022

Location

Пісочин, Pisochyn, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

49.954732, 36.103120 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Town level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

On March 18 2022, one person was injured when 10 residential buildings in Pisochyn, Kharkiv were hit by suspected Russian shelling which also burnt a car and damaged several others, according to local sources.

Oleg Chornobai, the Head of the Pisochyn community announced the incident via Facebook, also stating that one person was injured in the attack. Initially gas and electricity services to the 10 damaged residential buildings were cut off but state services quickly worked to reinstate these. All of the sources that reported on the incident attributed the shelling to Russia, with NV News specifically referring to Russian shelling.

This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR54161.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the suburb of Pisochyn (Пісочин) on the outskirts of the city of Kharkiv (Харків). The generic coordinates for Pisochyn are: 49.95345, 36.10418. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Single source claim
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Power Station
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (5) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (5) [ collapse]

  • Car damaged by alleged Russian shelling of Pisochyn on March 18, 2022. (Image posted by NV.ua)
  • Screenshot of Facebook post by Oleg Chernobay
  • Damage to electric poles caused by alleged Russian shelling of Pisochyn on March 18, 2022. (Image posted by Oleg Chernobay via Facebook)
  • Damage to electric poles caused by alleged Russian shelling of Pisochyn on March 18, 2022. (Image posted by Oleg Chernobay via Facebook)
  • Car damaged by alleged Russian shelling of Pisochyn on March 18, 2022. (Image posted by Oleg Chernobay via Facebook)

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 infrastructure
    Power Station
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Weak
    Single source claim, though sometimes featuring significant information.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military

Sources (5) [ collapse]