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(Previous Incident Code: RUK0216)
On May 8th 2022 one civilian, a 48 year old woman, was killed and three other civilians were injured when alleged Russian forces shells hit Bohodukhiv in Kharkiv.
Objectiv.tv reported that the prosecutor’s office said “on May 8th, 2022, Russian serviceman simultaneously opened fire on the city of Bogudukhov and the village of Lozovaya in Bogodukhov district. Three civilians were wounded as a result of the shelling of the Russian invaders in Bohoduhiv. A 48 year old woman died. A number of residential buildings were damaged.”
This assessment has reference to ACLED code UKR57452.
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Reports of the incident mention the city of Bohodukhiv (Богодухів), for which the generic coordinates are: 50.16401, 35.52038. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.