February 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack

February 2015 Kramatorsk Attack
Part of the War in Donbass
Petro Poroshenko in Kramatorsk after the shelling
Kramatorsk is located in Donetsk Oblast
Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk (Donetsk Oblast)
LocationKramatorsk, Ukraine
Date10 February 2015
12:30 (UTC+2)
Attack type
Rocket attack
WeaponMRL BM-30 Smerch
Deaths17
Injured60
PerpetratorsRussian forces or pro-Russian separatists

The February 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack was 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]

  1. ^ "Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Shelling in Kramatorsk, 10 February 2015". www.osce.org. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  2. ^ "Годовщина кровавого обстрела Краматорска: пострадавшие хотят забыть тот день, но не могут". ТСН.ua (in Russian). 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  3. ^ "Кихтенко: Опасность существует для любого пункта на расстоянии 120 км от фронта". Украинская правда (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-06.