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(Previous Incident Code: RUK0082 )
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.
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.