July 2022 Chasiv Yar missile strike explained

Chasiv Yar missile strike
Partof:the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Location:Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Coordinates:48.5567°N 37.8232°W
Date:9 July 2022[1]
Time:~21:17
Timezone:UTC+3
Target:Apartment buildings
Type:Missile strike
Weapons:BM-27 Uragan
Fatalities:48+[2] [3]
Injuries:Unknown (9 people were pulled out from under the rubble)

A missile strike on two residential buildings in Chasiv Yar was carried out by the Russian army at 21:17 local time on 9 July 2022, during the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. At least 48[4] people were killed.[3] Due to the impact, a five-story residential building partially collapsed. Two entrances were completely destroyed.

Course of events

Chasiv Yar has a population of about 12,000 people[5] and is located about 20km (10miles) southeast of Kramatorsk[6] on the western side of the city of Bakhmut.[7]

The strike was alleged, including by Donetsk Oblast governor Pavlo Kyrylenko,[8] to have been performed with "Uragan", a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that they destroyed a "temporary deployment point” of a Ukrainian territorial defence unit.[9]

As of 10 July, 67 rescue workers of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine were trying to help the victims[10] and more than 20 people were still feared to be trapped under the rubble.[11]

Rescue and search operations continued until the morning of 14 July 2022. Rescuers dismantled about 525 tons of destroyed elements of the building. 323 employees of the State Emergency Service and 9 units of equipment were involved.[12]

Victims

As of 13 July, 48 dead were found under the rubble of the building,[3] and nine wounded were rescued as of 12 July. A local resident told the New York Times that there were 10 elderly civilians in the buildings, but that members of the military had come to lodge there two days earlier. He had tried to persuade his grandmother to move to a safe place, but she had refused. Two soldiers who probably took turns sleeping in the building after being on duty were among the dead.[13]

Initially, Ukrainian media reported at least eleven of the victims were soldiers originally from Ternopil Oblast.[14] However, other sources subsequently reported at least 37 military victims from Ternopil Oblast.[15]

Reactions

Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff to Ukraine's president, said that the strike was "another terrorist attack" and that Russia should be designated a "state sponsor of terrorism" as a result.[16] Russian military spokesman Igor Konashenkov stated that Russia had killed "over 300 nationalists" in an attack on Chasiv Yar, but did not specify whether or not they were referring to the July airstrike or an earlier attack.[17] [18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: At least 15 Ukrainians killed in Russian rocket attack on apartment building . Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 10 July 2022. 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710110208/http://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-rocket-attack-donetsk/31936750.html . live .
  2. Web site: Chasiv Yar: the bodies of 45 victims have been removed from under the rubble. Ukrainska Pravda. 2022-07-12. 2022-07-12. 12 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220712170656/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/07/12/7357742/. live.
  3. Web site: Emergency services: Death toll from collapsed Donbas apartment block rises to 43. Max. Hunder. Reuters. 2022-07-12. 2022-07-12. 12 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220712182038/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/death-toll-collapsed-donbas-apartment-block-rises-35-emergency-services-2022-07-12/. live.
  4. Web site: Під завалами в Часовому Яру знайшли ще одну людину: загиблих уже 48 . 2022-07-13 . РБК-Украина . uk . 16 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220716035458/https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/zavalami-chasovom-ru-nashli-eshche-odnogo-1657733024.html . live .
  5. Web site: At least 15 were killed and others are trapped after a Russian strike in Ukraine . NPR . 10 July 2022. 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710104209/https://www.npr.org/2022/07/10/1110719305/ukrainian-governor-russia-raising-true-hell-in-the-east . live .
  6. News: Ukraine: 15 dead in rocket attack on apartment building . Francesca. Ebel. Washington Post. 10 July 2022. 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710204206/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ukraine-6-dead-in-rocket-attack-on-apartment-building/2022/07/10/26e844de-0020-11ed-b39d-71309168014b_story.html . live .
  7. News: Число жертв удара по городу Часов Яр достигло 15 . Радио Свобода . 10 July 2022 . Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710141915/https://www.svoboda.org/a/v-gorode-chasov-yar-pod-zavalami-posle-obstrela-mogut-bytj-desyatki-lyudey/31936726.html . live .
  8. Web site: Russian rockets kill 15 in Chasiv Yar housing block, Ukraine says. BBC News. 10 July 2022. 15 July 2022. 10 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220710181406/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62113185. live.
  9. News: Ukraine latest updates: Kyiv slams Russian citizenship decree . 12 July 2022 . Al Jazeera . 11 July 2022 . 16 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220716025046/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/11/russia-ukraine-live-news-no-pause-in-moscows-attacks-liveblog . live .
  10. Web site: Russian attack on apartment building in Donetsk Oblast: death toll rises to 15, up to 24 trapped under rubble . Yahoo News . Valentyna. Romanenko. Kateryna. Tyshchenko. 10 July 2022. 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710204158/https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-missile-attack-high-rise-102546031.html . live .
  11. Web site: Russian rockets hit apartment block, killing at least 15 . Anna. Voitenko. Reuters. 10 July 2022. 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710204159/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rocket-attack-collapses-apartment-block-ukraines-donbas-killing-six-2022-07-10/ . live .
  12. Web site: У Часовому Яру завершили рятувально-пошукові роботи . 2022-07-28 . www.ukrinform.ua . uk . 18 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220718023535/https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-regions/3528748-u-casovomu-aru-zaversili-ratuvalnoposukovi-roboti-op.html . live .
  13. News: In Eastern Ukraine, Attacks Intensify as Russia Readies New Offensive . 12 July 2022 . The New York Times . 10 July 2022 . 22 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220722090816/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/10/world/asia/ukraine-russia-civilians-donetsk.html . live .
  14. News: Стало відомо про загибель ще чотирьох мешканців Тернопільщини у Часовому Яру . 14 July 2022 . 13 July 2022 . За Збручем . uk . Ми вже повідомляли, що внаслідок ракетного удару, завданого окупантами 9 липня по містечку Часів Яр на Донеччині, загинули бійці з нашого краю. Зокрема, шестеро тернополян та троє мешканців Бережанської громади... Як повідомили у Чортківській міській раді, на Донеччині загинули стрільці-санітари стрілецького батальйону Сергій Михайлович Миськів (1969 р.н.) і Сергій Іванович Басістий (1975 р.н.). . 12 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220812020605/https://zz.te.ua/stalo-vidomo-pro-zahybel-shche-chotyr-okh-meshkantsiv-ternopil-shchyny-u-chasovomu-yaru/ . live .
  15. Web site: UALosses. 31 December 2023.
  16. Web site: At least 15 killed in rocket strike on apartment building in eastern Ukraine . Lorenzo. Tondo. The Guardian. 10 July 2022. 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710153728/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/10/at-least-15-killed-in-rocket-strike-on-apartment-building-in-eastern-ukraine-chasiv-yar . live .
  17. Web site: 2022-07-12. 34 killed in Ukraine's Chasiv Yar in Russian strike. 2022-07-12. thehansindia.com. en. 12 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220712172234/https://www.thehansindia.com/news/international/34-killed-in-ukraines-chasiv-yar-in-russian-strike-753076?infinitescroll=1. live.
  18. Web site: AFP . Nicolas Garcia for . 2022-07-11 . Kyiv Warns Russia To Intensify Donbas Fight, 6 Killed in Kharkiv . 2022-07-12 . themoscowtimes.com . en . 16 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220716170832/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/07/11/kyiv-warns-russia-to-intensify-donbas-fight-6-killed-in-kharkiv-a78255 . live .

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