Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

RUK117

Incident date

April 14, 2022

Location

Олександрівка, Oleksandrivka, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Geolocation

50.366092, 35.823810 Note: The accuracy of this location is to Village level. Continue to map

Airwars assessment

Three civilians were reportedly injured on April 14th 2022 when alleged Russian shelling hit Oleksandrivka village, in Kharkiv. According to local sources, a woman and two children aged nine and 11 were injured.

Helsinki reported that the Russian military shelled the village for “about 12 hours.”  Victor Kovalenko, head of the Zolochiv community said that they shelled Odnorobivka, “a village of our community almost on the border with the Russian Federation. Then there are eight damaged and four completely destroyed houses.”

The children were reportedly wounded in the neck and the thigh and were taken to hospital.

Local sources reported that the incident took place at in the afternoon, at around 12 am, and that the gas heating system was damaged.

Russian source, @balaganoff75 reported that over 200 militants were killed, although this was not mentioned in any other reports.

This incident has reference to ACLED code UKR55773.

The incident occured at approximately 12:00 am local time.

Geolocation notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Oleksandrivka (Олександрівка), for which the generic coordinates are: 50.366092, 35.823810. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Gas facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Ukrainian Military

Sources (21) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Summary

  • Strike status
    Likely strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian infrastructure
    Gas facility
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    3
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Fair
    Reported by two or more credible sources, with likely or confirmed near actions by a belligerent.
  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Suspected target
    Ukrainian Military

Sources (21) [ collapse]