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One civilian was killed and at least three others were wounded by alleged Russian shelling of the town of Dergachi on March 30, 2022.
Helsinki.org.ua reported that an airstrike on the town of Dergachi around 4pm/5pm in the evening destroyed the city council and private homes, as well as injured at least three people.
Lb.ua quoted the Telegram account of the Dergachi City Council who reported that at least one person was killed and three others were injured. The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Synegubov also stated that at least one person was killed in the shelling. Local sources added that due to the ongoing shelling it wasn’t possible to obtain more information about the number of victims.
The head of the community Vyacheslav Zadorenko told Suspilne News that in addition to the damage to the city council and other buildings, power lines were damaged.
The majority of sources attributed the incident to Russian forces, with multiple local sources reporting that Russian troops launched 47 artillery, mortar, and tank strikes on Kharkiv on March 30th.
This incident has reference to ACLED’s codes UKR54604 and UKR54605.
The incident occured between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm local time.
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Damage cause by alleged Russian shelling of Dergachi on March 30, 2022. (Image posted by Suspilne News)
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Damage cause by alleged Russian shelling of Dergachi on March 30, 2022. (Image posted by H_saltovka via Telegram)
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Damage cause by alleged Russian shelling of Dergachi on March 30, 2022. (Image posted by H_saltovka via Telegram)
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the vicinity of Dergachi City Council (Околиці Дергачівської міської ради), for which the generic coordinates are: 50.111203, 36.108370. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.