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 |
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]