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Airwars assessment
On Sunday, April 3rd 2022, three civilians were killed and seven injured by alleged Russian shells hit the residential sector of the city of Dergachi in the Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine.
Sources including Suspilne and Hromadske unanimously account for three civilians being killed and seven being injured in various degrees of severity. 2day.kh reported on the announcement by the mayor Dergachiv Vyacheslav Zadorenko who described the difficulties in providing humanitarian aid to the area due to the state of occupation. Moreover, according to Zadorenko, electricity and communication restoration could not be guaranteed because alleged Russian snipers were shooting at the workers.
The suspected attacker is alleged to be Russia, as reported by most of the sources including Suspilne, Lb.ua and Radiosvoboda.
This incident has ACLED’s reference code UKR55036.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Summary
Sources (15) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (6) [ collapse]
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Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Derhachi on April 3, 2022. (Image posted by Suspilne News)
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Screenshot of Facebook post by Zadorenko
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Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Derhachi on April 3, 2022. (Image posted by 2day.kh)
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Damage caused by alleged Russian shelling of Derhachi on April 3, 2022. (Image posted by Kharkiv Life via Telegram)
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Screenshot of Flikr webpage
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Location of strike according to @livemapua
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Derhachi (Дергачі), for which the generic coordinates are: 50.109589, 36.114197. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.