Ukraine: Deadly Attacks Kill, Injure Civilians, Destroy Homes

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A local resident looks at his house destroyed in a Russian air raid in Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 3, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Andrew Marienko (Lviv) – More than 450 civilians were reportedly killed or injured in the first 11 days of the war, in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, as a result of Russian airstrikes and artillery shelling of populated areas, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks damaged civilian buildings, including apartment blocks, schools, places of worship, and shops, impeding access to food and medicines. They also damaged infrastructure in…

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