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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

RS4842

Location

دارة عزة, Darat Izza, Aleppo, Syria
On the evening of Saturday, 7th October 2023, intense artillery shelling with the reported use of the internationally banned phosphorus shells allegedly carried out by the Russian military and/or Iranian military and/or Syrian regime forces resulted in the death of one or two civilians, including an elderly man, and the injury of two civilians in…

Summary

Published
7 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1–2
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

7 October 2023

Incident Code

ISPT00013

Location

مجمع ناصر الطبي, Nasser medical complex, Khan Younis, Palestinian territories
On October 7, 2023, one journalist and a number of civilians - including paramedics and media crew - were reportedly injured by an alleged Israeli strike on a Ministry of Health ambulance close to the Nasser Medical Complex, Khan Younis, Gaza. The vehicle was reportedly severely damaged by the blast. The journalist was identified by…

Summary

Published
18 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare (Ambulance)
Civilians reported injured
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Israeli Military
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Incident Date

6–7 October, 2023

Incident Code

RS4835

Location

ترمانين, town of Termanin, north of Idlib, Idlib, Syria
From the evening of Friday, 6th October 2023, and into the morning of Saturday, October 7th, 2023, artillery strikes, with the use of “Uragan” missiles and cluster ammunition, allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian and/or Iranian military, hit residential neighborhoods and a medical facility in the town of Termanin, north of Idlib,…

Summary

Published
6 October 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
3–7
Civilians reported injured
9–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

5 October 2023

Incident Code

TS640

Location

مستشفى كورونا, Corona Hospital, Al Hassakah, Syria
On 5th October 2023, it was reported by Hawar News and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Press Center that two hospital workers were injured when Turkish airstrikes hit the Corona Hospital in the village of Tel Fara ("Kri Fara" village in Kurdish), within the Derik District. According to Roz Press and RIC Arabic, the hospital…

Summary

Published
5 October 2023
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

11 July 2023

Incident Code

RS4785

Location

الأتارب, Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria
On July 11th 2023, Syrian Civil Defense volunteer Abdul Basset Ahmed Abdel-Khalek was killed when Syrian regime and/or Russian forces reportedly struck a rescue vehicle in the vicinity of the city of Atareb, west of Aleppo. Local sources including @SyriaCivilDefe and Rasd Syria News stated that Abdul was killed in a double tap attack by regime…

Summary

Published
11 July 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare (Ambulance)
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

16 June 2023

Incident Code

TS604

Location

مشفى تل رفعت, Tal Rifaat Hospital, Aleppo, Syria
On 16 June 2023, Tal Rifaat Hospital in the northern countryside of Aleppo was allegedly struck by a Turkish artillery strike. The Health Authority in the area reported that four civilians were injured in the strike, including one of the medical staff who works in the hospital, while other sources referred to “members” of the…

Summary

Published
16 June 2023
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

21 March 2023

Incident Code

UKUK002

Location

Липці, Liptsy, Kharkiv, Ukraine
One civilian, a man, was injured by alleged Ukrainian shelling of Liptsy in Kharkiv region on March 21, 2022. According to major Russian news site RIA Novosti, quoting Moiseyev, head of the "Rus Triedinaya" NGO, Ukrainian military howitzer shell hit a hospital in Liptsky where about 40 women and children were being prepared for evacuation…

Summary

Published
21 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Ukrainian Military
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Incident Date

20 November 2022

Incident Code

TS565

Location

ميشنور, Meştenûr, Al Hassakah, Syria
Up to three civilians, including two journalists, were injured when Turkish forces bombed the outskirts of Meştenûr on November 20, 2022. Hawar News reported that a correspondent for Sterk TV named Muhammad Jarada was injured when Turkish forces bombed the outskirts of Meştenûr. Turkish warplanes bombed Al-Jadida neighborhood, Kanya Kurdan neighborhood, and the village of Qramogh,…

Summary

Published
20 November 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Turkish Military
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Incident Date

12 May 2022

Incident Code

RUK196

Location

Дергачі, Derhachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
During the second reported Russian shelling of the village of Derhachi on May 12th, two medics were injured. Kharkiv Today reported that a total of two civilians were killed and four were wounded, including two medics. Two civilian deaths and two injuries were accounted for in RUK0230 as occurring during the first shelling of the…

Summary

Published
12 May 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare, Humanitarian
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

30 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK164

Location

Немишлянський район, Nemyshlyansky district, Kharkiv, Ukraine
At approximately 3am on April 30, 2022, Russian troops allegedly shelled residential areas, industrial zone, and hospitals in the Nemishlyanksy district of Kharkiv. As a result, a man was injured in an apartment block in the district. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine posted on Telegram that as a result of the shelling, apartments in…

Summary

Published
30 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

15 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK122

Location

ХТЗ, KhTZ, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On Friday April 15th 2022, an alleged Russian missile strike hit the Sarhyn Yar neighborhood and the Shevchenkivskyi district in Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, killing between 7 and 10 civilians, including a seven month old, and injuring between 34 and 50 civilians, including up to nine children. Sources are not consistent regarding the number of…

Summary

Published
15 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
34–50
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

14 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK119

Location

Борова, Borova, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 14th 2022, at least seven and up to ten civilians were killed and between 13 to 30 were injured, including at least one child, when Russian forces shells and gunfire hit evacuation buses in the village of Borova, Izyum district of Kharkiv. Kharkiv Today reported that evacuation from the region began on April…

Summary

Published
14 April 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Humanitarian (Evacuation Route), Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
7–10
Civilians reported injured
13–30
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

10 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK109

Location

Поруч ТЦ «Французький бульвар», Vicinity of the "French Boulevard" shopping centre, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 10th 2022, one civilian was killed by a reported Russian artillery strike on Pavlova Street in Kharkiv. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported that a "three-story residential building in the area of the French Boulevard shopping center was damaged, and one person was killed." It also reported that the Kharkiv Regional Center for…

Summary

Published
10 April 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

10 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK106

Location

Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Four civilians, all middle-aged men, were reported injured after an alleged Russian shelling of Zolochiv, Bohodukhiv district on April 10th, 2022. According to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's office, around 13:00 Zolochiv was shelled with artillery by Russian troops. Viktor Kovalenko, head of the community, told Suspilne TV that “since the morning, Zolochiv has been under…

Summary

Published
10 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare, Agriculture
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

6 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK099

Location

Золочів, Zolochiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On April 6th, 2022, a 33-year-old civilian was reported killed and three civilians, a woman over 50-years-old and two 65-66-year-olds (a man and a woman), were reported injured after an alleged Russian shelling of Zolochiv, Kharkiv. Viktor Kovalenko, the head of the community, reported that the 33-year-old civilian was running “from his house to the…

Summary

Published
6 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

4 April 2022

Incident Code

RUK097

Location

Кулиничі, Kulinichi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
In the early morning hours of April 4th, 2022, suspected Russian shells fell upon the village of Kulinichi in Kharkiv, injuring three civilians. XC_Kharkiv reported that “a kindergarten, a hospital and about five houses were destroyed.” Additionally, the three wounded were removed from the rubble left behind by the shells. Telegram accounts Huyovy_Kharkiv and XC_Kharkiv…

Summary

Published
4 April 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare, Education
Civilians reported injured
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK081

Location

Дергачі, Dergachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On the night of March 25th 2022, one civilian was killed and up to three injured following a Russian drone and shelling attack in Dergachi. Dergachi House of Culture, a local government building, a hospital, several private houses, and a gas line were damaged leaving part of the city without heating. All local sources reported…

Summary

Published
25 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery, Airstrike (Drone Strike)
Infrastructure
Resources (Gas Facility), Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
1–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

17 March 2022

Incident Code

UKUK001

Location

Lyptsy, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Between one and for civilians, including a pregnant woman, an elderly woman, and a child, were killed by alleged Ukrainian shelling of the village of Lyptsy on March 17, 2022. Russian source @Zud_West tweeted that Ukrainian forces shelled the village of Lyptsy, killing a pregnant woman. Russian state owned news RIA Novosti quoted Sergei Moiseyev,…

Summary

Published
17 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1–4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Ukrainian Military
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Incident Date

12 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK053

Location

вулиці Шариковій, Sharykova Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 12th 2022 alleged Russian forces shelled Sharykova Street in the industrial district of Kharkiv, reportedly hitting an ambulance and injuring one health worker. Suspilnekharkiv reported on Telegram that "an ambulance paramedic recieved a shrapnel wound in the adomen" when "the brigade came under fire on Sharykova Street." The director of the Center for…

Summary

Published
12 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

11 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK052

Location

Дергачі, Dergachi, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On March 11th 2022, reported Russian shelling continued in the city of Dergachi. According to local sources, at least three civilians were killed and one civilian was injured. Local sources were reporting that amongst the dead is the former chief of the Dergachi district police department/former vice-rector of the Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs…

Summary

Published
11 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Resources (Gas Facility), Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
3
Civilians reported injured
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

8 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK040

Location

Ізюм, Izium, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Civilians were wounded by alleged Russian shelling of Izium in Kharkiv on March 8, 2022. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reported that artillery shelling in Izyum resulted in damage to the reception department of the central city hospital, the social security office, and a two-story residential building. Suspilne Media added that as a result of…

Summary

Published
8 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

3 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK029

Location

Харківська обласна лікарня, Kharkiv Regional Hospital, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A female Syrian doctor was killed by alleged Russian mortar shelling of the Kharkiv regional hospital on March 3, 2022. The News Arab reported that a female Syrian doctor was killed while working at Kharkiv regional hospital when a mortar round hit the building. The Syrian doctor's husband was outside of the hospital at the…

Summary

Published
3 March 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

1 March 2022

Incident Code

RUK021

Location

Новобаварский проспект, Novobavarsky Avenue, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Between five and eight civilians were killed and up to 10 others were injured by alleged Russian airstrikes/shelling of a residential building on Novobavarsky Avenue, 95 in the Bavaria district of Kharkiv on March 1, 2022. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group identified eight people killed, six people injured, and 38 people rescued following the bombing.…

Summary

Published
1 March 2022
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
5–8
Civilians reported injured
6–10
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 February 2022

Incident Code

RUK004

Location

вулиця Клочківська, 366, 366 Klochkivska Street, Kharkiv, Ukraine
On February 25th 2022, Russian military allegedly exploded single cluster bomb at a children's hospital and blood donation facility on Klochkovskaya Street in Kharkiv. One man was reportedly killed and two to three people, employees, including two women, were reportedly injured. The attack was reported to have taken place approximately at 17.00, with the earliest…

Summary

Published
25 February 2022
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

12 June 2021

Incident Codes

IRS008 YS105 RS4570

Location

عفرين, Afrin, Aleppo, Syria
At least one civilian was killed and others were injured in alleged Syrian Democratic Forces and/or Russian and/or Iranian airstrikes on agricultural lands and the al-Shifa Hospital on the outskirts of Afrin, Syria, on June 12, 2021. According to the Macro Media Center, "a civilian was killed and others were wounded as a result of…

Summary

Published
12 June 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Agriculture, Residential, Healthcare (Hospital)
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
4
Military actors reported killed
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military, Iranian Military, YPG
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Incident Date

12 June 2021

Incident Codes

IRS009 YS106 RS4567

Location

مشفى الشفاء, Al Shifaa Hospital, Aleppo, Syria
At least 13 civilians, including four hospital staff and a pregnant woman, two to five other women, and one to three children, were killed and up to 50 others, including 11 hospital staff, were injured in alleged airstrikes and/or artillery shelling of Al-Shifaa Hospital in Afrin on June 12, 2021. Responsibility for the strikes is…

Summary

Published
12 June 2021
Strike Type
Airstrike and/or Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
13–23
Civilians reported injured
15–50
Military actors reported killed
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
YPG, Russian Military, Turkish Military, Iranian Military
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Incident Date

21 March 2021

Incident Code

RS4554

Location

مشفى المغارة, Al Maghara Hospital, Al Atareb, Aleppo, Syria
Between three and eight civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and between 11 and 22 others were injured in alleged regime or Russian strikes at Al Maghara Hospital in Al Atareb, Aleppo in the morning on March 21, 2021. Syrian Civil Defense and other sources, including @HalabTodayTV, identified artillery shelling as the…

Summary

Published
21 March 2021
Strike Type
Artillery
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
3–8
Civilians reported injured
11–22
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

2 March 2020

Incident Code

RS4512

Location

بنش, Binnish, Idlib, Syria
Local sources reported that one man was killed and up to two others injured as a result of alleged Russian airstrikes on the city of Binnish in the Idlib province, on March 2nd 2020. Alleged Russian warplanes carried out two raids on the city of Binnish. The strikes resulted in the death of one civilian…

Summary

Published
2 March 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
1
Civilians reported injured
2–3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 February 2020

Incident Code

RS4493

Location

معرة مصرين, Ma’aret Misrin, Idlib, Syria
Up to 12 civilians, including between three and six children, were killed and up to 62 civilians were wounded in alleged Russian or Syrian regime airstrikes on the city of Ma'arat Misrin, Idlib governorate, on February 25th, 2020, according to local sources. Whereas Shabha Press initially put the death toll at four killed civilians, they…

Summary

Published
25 February 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Education, Healthcare
Civilians reported killed
9–12
Civilians reported injured
30–62
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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Incident Date

25 February 2020

Incident Code

RS4494

Location

مشفى إدلب المركزي, Idlib Central Hospital, Idlib, Syria
At least four civilians, healthcare workers, were injured in alleged Russian or regime airstrikes on Idlib Central Hospital on February 25, 2020. According to Shaam News, regime warplanes struck Idlib Central Hospital with missiles, causing damage to the facilities and injuries among its staff. A tweet from @azrak_moahmad added that the bombing of the hospital…

Summary

Published
25 February 2020
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Civilians reported injured
4
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
Russian Military
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