February 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack
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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]
Background
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]
Attack
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]
Memorial
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.
See also
- January 2015 Mariupol rocket attack
- Murder of Pentecostals in Sloviansk
- Donetsk "Donetskhirmash" bus station attack
- Volnovakha bus attack
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
References
- ^ a b "Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Shelling in Kramatorsk, 10 February 2015". www.osce.org. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ "Годовщина кровавого обстрела Краматорска: пострадавшие хотят забыть тот день, но не могут". ТСН.ua (in Russian). 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ "Кихтенко: Опасность существует для любого пункта на расстоянии 120 км от фронта". Украинская правда (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ "Военные сбили российский беспилотник, корректировавший обстрел Краматорска". LB.ua. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ "Журналистам показали сбитый российский беспилотник, наводивший "Смерчи" боевиков на Краматорск — ОстроВ". www.ostro.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ "Кихтенко: Опасность существует для любого пункта на расстоянии 120 км от фронта". Украинская правда (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ "В Краматорске открыли памятник жертвам обстрелов в виде снаряда". antikor.com.ua. Retrieved 2022-10-06.