February 2015 Kramatorsk Attack | |
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Part of the War in Donbass | |
Location | Kramatorsk, Ukraine |
Date | 10 February 2015 12:30 (UTC+2) |
Attack type | Rocket attack |
Weapon | MRL BM-30 Smerch |
Deaths | 17 |
Injured | 60 |
Perpetrators | Russian forces or pro-Russian separatists |
February 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack — a shelling of Kramatorsk by Russian forces or pro-Russian separatists during the war in Donbas. [1] Kramatorsk was controlled by Ukrainian government forces at the time of the attack. As a result of shelling, 17 people died and about 60 were injured. [2]
According to Oleksandr Kikhtenko, 32 rockets were launched, 18 of them landed in civilian areas, while 14 of them landed near Kramatorsk military airfield, where ATO headquarters were located. [3]
On 10 February at 11:51 SMM OSCE heard an explosion near Kramatorsk military airfield, where ATO headquarters were located. OSCE monitors were able to observe a white smoke trail in the direction of the explosion. [1] It was later reported, that Russian UAV Orlan-10 was shot down near the airfield using Buk missile system before an attack on Kramatorsk started. [4] [5]
The shelling started at 12:30 and 32 rockets were launched, 18 of them landed in civilian areas, while 14 of them landed near Kramatorsk military airfield. [6]
A memorial honouring victims of shellings was opened in Kramatorsk three years after the attack. [7] It was dedicated to the victims of shelling in Kramatorsk, as well as in Mariupol and Volnovakha. The memorial looks like a glass cube with a BM-30 Smerch rocket in it. "How many more people must die?" with a list of names of dead civilians is written on the cube.
February 2015 Kramatorsk Attack | |
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Part of the War in Donbass | |
Location | Kramatorsk, Ukraine |
Date | 10 February 2015 12:30 (UTC+2) |
Attack type | Rocket attack |
Weapon | MRL BM-30 Smerch |
Deaths | 17 |
Injured | 60 |
Perpetrators | Russian forces or pro-Russian separatists |
February 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack — a shelling of Kramatorsk by Russian forces or pro-Russian separatists during the war in Donbas. [1] Kramatorsk was controlled by Ukrainian government forces at the time of the attack. As a result of shelling, 17 people died and about 60 were injured. [2]
According to Oleksandr Kikhtenko, 32 rockets were launched, 18 of them landed in civilian areas, while 14 of them landed near Kramatorsk military airfield, where ATO headquarters were located. [3]
On 10 February at 11:51 SMM OSCE heard an explosion near Kramatorsk military airfield, where ATO headquarters were located. OSCE monitors were able to observe a white smoke trail in the direction of the explosion. [1] It was later reported, that Russian UAV Orlan-10 was shot down near the airfield using Buk missile system before an attack on Kramatorsk started. [4] [5]
The shelling started at 12:30 and 32 rockets were launched, 18 of them landed in civilian areas, while 14 of them landed near Kramatorsk military airfield. [6]
A memorial honouring victims of shellings was opened in Kramatorsk three years after the attack. [7] It was dedicated to the victims of shelling in Kramatorsk, as well as in Mariupol and Volnovakha. The memorial looks like a glass cube with a BM-30 Smerch rocket in it. "How many more people must die?" with a list of names of dead civilians is written on the cube.