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warfareResidential Building StrikeKharkiv, Ukrainesupported 71.8

Russian strike hits apartment block in Kharkiv

A Russian strike hit a residential apartment building in Kharkiv, killing civilians and injuring others in one of the city's deadliest urban attacks of early March 2026. Reporting emphasized the residential nature of the site and the civilian toll, including the deaths of children.

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Published

3/7/2026

Current public event date

Source base

2 sources

Evidence records attached to this event

Actor field

4 ranked

3 primary / 1 structural

Incident links

1

Analyses connected to this incident

Editorial note

Curated from AP and DW reporting on the March 7 Kharkiv apartment-block strike.

Event harm

86.0

Overall event-level harm score

Top culpability

62.6

Russian military command

Confidence

71.8

How stable the current public reading is

Top responsibility

72.8

Highest primary responsibility before event harm is applied

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Current harm

86.0

The live event-harm score on this post

Current confidence

71.8

How stable the current public reading is

Source base

2

Public sources currently attached to this event

Event harm

Harm context

The public harm score is grounded in who bears the harm, what protections are in play, and the broader social fallout.

Who is harmed

Residents of the apartment building, nearby neighbors, grieving families, and emergency responders working in a repeated strike zone.

Rights or laws at risk

The right to life, civilian protection during war, housing security, and the prohibition on attacks that endanger noncombatants.

Societal impact

The strike deepens urban fear, pushes more civilians toward displacement, and reinforces the sense that no ordinary residential space is safe from escalation.

Overview

Highest ranked primary actor

Start with the strongest direct attribution before moving into the wider field and structural enablers.

Russian military command

Rank #1 with the highest weighted culpability in the current public reading.

Culpability

62.6

Weighted contribution

Confidence

76.0

Attribution stability

Rank #1Authorizermilitary unitRussia

Russian military command

Ranked in the public field as a authorizer with a current responsibility band of major.

supported 76.0

Responsibility

72.8

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

62.6

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

76.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

A strike on a major urban residential site in Kharkiv points beyond a field-level mistake to a broader command responsibility for approving or tolerating attacks with obvious civilian risk.

1 evidence link

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Ranked actors

4

Actors represented in the ladder and contribution views.

Top actor

Russian military command

Highest-ranked primary actor in the current public reading.

Revisions

21

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Ranked field

Other primary actors

These actors sit in the direct chain of authorship, authorization, interpretation, planning, or execution.

Rank #2Executormilitary unitRussia

Russian strike unit

Ranked in the public field as a executor with a current responsibility band of substantial.

stable 80.0

Responsibility

67.4

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

58.0

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

80.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

2

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

The unit that launched the attack carries the clearest direct responsibility because it executed a strike that hit a residential building and killed civilians.

2 evidence links
Rank #3PlanneragencyRussia

Russian targeting planners

Ranked in the public field as a planner with a current responsibility band of substantial.

supported 68.0

Responsibility

64.8

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

55.7

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

68.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

Urban strikes depend on target selection and intelligence review, so the planning layer bears meaningful responsibility when civilian residences are hit.

1 evidence link

Structural layer

Systemic enablers

These actors do not sit at the direct command or execution layer, but they materially fund, normalize, or otherwise enable the event chain.

Rank #4Fundercitizen groupSystemic enablerRussia

Russian public funding base

Shown in the structural layer as a funder with a current responsibility band of negligible.

supported 63.0

Responsibility

14.8

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

12.7

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

63.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

The strike was carried out by a state military financed through public revenue, so the Russian public funding base is included as a structural funder, not a direct perpetrator.

1 evidence link