💥 Attack

An unexploded Smerch artillery rocket was found stuck in pavement in front of a pet supply store in Kharkiv.

Kharkiv, Kharkiv
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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An unexploded Smerch artillery rocket was found stuck in pavement in front of a pet supply store in Kharkiv.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian military shelled residential areas of Kharkiv using Grad multiple rocket launchers

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces used Grad multiple rocket launcher systems to strike residential areas in Kharkiv on Feb. 28, 2022

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

11 people were killed in the attacks

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

One woman died and 15 soldiers and 16 civilians were hospitalized due to the attack

Russian forces used heavy artillery against central Kharkiv on February 28

Unconfirmed reports indicate Russia used thermobaric weapons in Kharkiv

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.221Z

Source story: day-5a-2022-02-28