Week 14.11 - 20.11: Total casualties from Kyiv's attacks on civilian population in Russia-controlled regions and elsewhere.
An extended summary of all intentional attacks on civil infrastructure and population executed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 14th to 20th of November.
The report presents an extended summary of all intentional attacks on civil infrastructure and population in the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporojye and Kherson, Belgorod and others, executed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the week from the 14th to 20th of November.
Popular or official local telegram channels that are regularly updated were used to obtain information on the attacks (see list at the end of report).
Since the war broke out on the 24th of February, the Ukrainian Army, under the command of General Valeryi Zaluzhnyi, has been indiscriminately shelling civilian buildings (markets, schools, residential housing), civilian gatherings and other facilities of non-military use, predominantly in the Donbass region.
Some notable examples are the shelling of Kramatorsk train station on the 8th of April, the Donetsk indoor market attack on the 22nd September, as well as the recent bombing of civilian transport heading for Russia-controlled part of Zaporojye on 30th of September.
11 people were killed and at least 28 injured from 7th to 13th of November.
FULL LIST OF DOCUMENTED UKRAINIAN ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS BY DATE (14.11.2022 - 20.11.2022)
TOTAL KILLED: 52
TOTAL WOUNDED: at least 47
*Most missiles fired by Kiev are successfully intercepted. Had they not been the total figure for casualties would have been significantly higher.
MONDAY 14 NOV
General
Location: City of Donetsk, Gorlovka, other towns of Donetsk Republic
Time of Day: all-day, shelled 38 times
Target: Civil infrastructure, public spaces, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 201 in total: 155mm (NATO standard), 152mm, calibres; MLRS HIMARS
Civilians killed / wounded: 1 / 4
Damage inflicted: 3 residential buildings and 2 civil infrastructure sites
Location: towns of Luhansk Republic
Time of Day: daytime, evening
Target: residential districts
Shells deployed: 155mm calibre (5 shells); tank (3 shells)
Civilians killed / wounded: - / 1
Location: Tetkino town, Kursk region
Time of Day: daytime
Target: 34+ shells
Shells deployed: -
Civilians killed / wounded: - / -
Damage inflicted: sugar factory damaged
Specific
Location: Kozinka village, Belgorod region
Time of Day: daytime
Target: residential areas
Shells deployed: -
Civilians killed / wounded: - / -
Damage inflicted: private farm damaged
TUESDAY 15 NOV
General
Location: City of Donetsk, Gorlovka, other towns of Donetsk Republic
Time of Day: all-day, shelled 48 times
Target: Civil infrastructure, public spaces, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 196 in total: 155mm (NATO standard); 152mm, 122mm calibres; mortars 120mm; MLRS HIMARS
Civilians killed / wounded: - / 4
Damage inflicted: 21 residential buildings and 2 civil infrastructure sites; 600+ households without electricity.
Location: towns of Luhansk Republic
Time of Day: night-time, morning
Target: residential districts
Shells deployed: HIMARS (3 shells); 155mm calibre (7 shells)
Civilians killed / wounded: - / -
Damage inflicted: house destroyed
Specific
Location: Shebekino town, Belgorod region
Time of Day: evening
Target: civil infrastructure, public spaces, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: -
Civilians killed / wounded: 3 / 2
Damage inflicted: 3 residential building damaged; gas pipe damaged
Location: Valuyki town, Belgorod region
Time of Day: evening
Target: public spaces
Shells deployed: Tochka-U missile
Civilians killed / wounded: 1 / 1
Damage inflicted: buildings damaged; public spaces damaged
WEDNESDAY 16 NOV
General
Location: City of Donetsk, Gorlovka, other towns of Donetsk Republic
Time of Day: all-day, shelled 36 times
Target: Civil infrastructure, public spaces, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 134 in total: 155mm, 152mm calibers; mortars 120mm; MLRS HIMARS and ‘Grad'; PFM-1 ‘petal’ landmines;
Civilians killed / wounded: - / 3 (including one case from a petal landmine)
Damage inflicted: 21 residential buildings and 6 civil infrastructure sites, including a student residence and a city admin office.
Location: towns of Luhansk Republic
Time of Day: morning, daytime
Target: Civil infrastructure, public spaces, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: HIMARS (20 shells); 122mm (3 shells)
Civilians killed / wounded: 1 / 5
Damage inflicted: several residential houses damaged; civil infrastructure damaged, including a school and a kindergarten.
THURSDAY 17 NOV
General
Location: City of Donetsk, Gorlovka, other towns of Donetsk Republic
Time of Day: all-day, shelled 29 times
Target: Civil infrastructure, public spaces, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 139 in total: 155mm (NATO standard), 152mm, 122mm calibres; HIMARS
Civilians killed / wounded: 1 / 4
Damage inflicted: 18 residential buildings and 5 civil infrastructure sites, including a school and a hospital in Donetsk
Specific
Location: Kherson region (Ukraine-controlled)
Time of Day: -
Target: pro-Russian civilians
Shells deployed: -
Civilians killed / wounded: (at least) 39 / -
Location: Stahanov village, Luhansk Republic
Time of Day: daytime
Target: residential building
Shells deployed: 6 HIMARS
Civilians killed / wounded: 2 / 3
Damage inflicted: 1 residential building destroyed
Location: New Kahovka, Kherson Region
Time of Day: daytime
Target: city council building
Shells deployed: -
Civilians killed / wounded: - / 3
Damage inflicted: city council building damaged
Location: Shebekino town, Belgorod region
Time of Day: daytime
Target: residential districts
Shells deployed: -
Civilians killed / wounded: - / 1
Damage inflicted: 3 residential houses damaged
Location: various villages, Zaporojye Region
Time of Day: morning
Target: Civil infrastructure, public spaces, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 16 in total
Civilians killed / wounded: - / -
Damage inflicted: residential houses, school #8 in Mihailovka
FRIDAY 18 NOV
General
Location: City of Donetsk, Gorlovka, other towns of Donetsk Republic
Time of Day: all-day, shelled 24 times
Target: Civil infrastructure, public spaces, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 129 in total: 155mm (NATO standard), 152mm, 122mm calibres; MLRS ‘Grad'.
Civilians killed / wounded: - / 6
Damage inflicted: 9 residential buildings and 5 civil infrastructure sites, including city stadium, ‘Donetsk Arena’
Location: Tavrichanka, Kherson region
Time of Day: daytime
Target: residential districts
Shells deployed: -
Civilians killed / wounded: - / -
Damage inflicted: civil houses, kindergarten
Specific
Location: Bryanka town, Luhansk Republic
Time of Day: night-time
Target: residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 6 HIMARS
Civilians killed / wounded: - / 1
Damage inflicted: 3 residential buildings; city admin offices; gas pipe and electricity line.
Location: Ustinka village, Belgorod region
Time of Day: daytime
Target: residential districts
Shells deployed: -
Civilians killed / wounded: 1 / -
Damage inflicted: 4 houses damaged
SATURDAY 19 NOV
General
Location: City of Donetsk, Gorlovka, other towns of Donetsk Republic
Time of Day: all-day, shelled 27 times
Target: Civil infrastructure, public spaces, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 115 in total: 155, 152 mm calibers; HIMARS
Civilians killed / wounded: - / -
Damage inflicted: 7 residential buildings and 1 civil infrastructure site.
Location: towns of Luhansk Republic
Time of Day: morning, daytime
Target: residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 155mm calibre (1 shell); MLRS Grad (10 shells)
Civilians killed / wounded: 2 / 4
Damage inflicted: residential houses damaged
SUNDAY 20 NOV
General
Location: City of Donetsk, Gorlovka, other towns of Donetsk Republic
Time of Day: all-day, shelled 32 times
Target: Civil infrastructure, public spaces, residential districts, indiscriminate.
Shells deployed: 126 in total: 155mm (NATO), 152mm, 122mm calibres.
Civilians killed / wounded: - / 3
Damage inflicted: 9 residential buildings and 3 civil infrastructure sites; 14 electric sub-grids cut off.
Specific
Location: Kremennaya town, Luhansk Republic
Time of Day: morning
Target: residential district
Shells deployed: 1 HIMARS rocket
Civilians killed / wounded: 1 / -
Damage inflicted: 2 residential houses; 2 shops and an electricity line
Location: Nizhny Olshanets village, Belgorod region
Time of Day: morning
Target: residential districts
Shells deployed: -
Civilians killed / wounded: - / 2
Damage inflicted: 10 residential houses damaged
TOTAL KILLED: 52
TOTAL WOUNDED: at least 47
Methodology:
I did not attempt to count the total of shells fired, (nor the total of shels by type), as this information is often incomplete.
Not all attacks may have been recorded: the relatively minor ones, or those intercepted, may have unintentionally been omitted.
The total number of casualties is, most likely, an underestimate.
Telegram channels accessed:
Donetsk and Luhansk Republics: https://t.me/dnronline ; https://t.me/avdeevkaru ; https://t.me/obstanovkalnr ; https://t.me/DNR_SCKK | Kherson Region: https://t.me/NSDVCH ; https://t.me/VGA_NovayaKahovka ; https://t.me/VGA_Kherson | Zaporojye Region: https://t.me/nsdelzap1 ; https://t.me/vrogov | Belgorod Region: https://t.me/vvgladkov; https://t.me/belgorod01 | Kursk Region: https://t.me/kurskadm