| Donetsk bus station attack | |
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| Part of Russo-Ukrainian War | |
 A trolleybus damaged by the shelling | |
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| Location | Public transport stop "Dongirmash" in Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 47°57′31″N 37°48′23″E / 47.95873°N 37.80635°E |
| Date | January 22, 2015 approx. 08:30 (Eastern European Time; UTC+2) |
Attack type | Artillery |
| Weapon | Medium-caliber mortar shells[1] |
| Deaths | 8[1] |
| Injured | 13[1] |
| Motive | Terrorist act and false flag operation[2] |
The Donetsk bus station attack occurred on 22 January 2015, when long-range guns using mortar shells targeted the "Donetskhirmash" bus station stop in the Leninskyi District, Donetsk, Ukraine. At the time, this area was under the control of pro-Russian separatist forces during the War in Donbas, as part of the early stages of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The incident was classified as a terrorist act.
As a result of the shelling, eight people died and thirteen more were injured. Russian separatist forces took advantage of the shelling as a means to publicly humiliate several Ukrainian prisoners of war.
HRW report determined the bus stop might have been shelled with mortar shells and placed the launch site at max. 7 km to the northwest, in rebel-controlled area.[3]
- ^ a b c "Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), 22 January 2015: Shelling Incident on Kuprina Street in Donetsk City". ОБСЄ. 2015-01-22.
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