| February 2015 Kramatorsk Attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of theWar in Donbas | |
 Petro Poroshenko in Kramatorsk after the shelling | |
  Kramatorsk Kramatorsk (Donetsk Oblast) | |
| Location | Kramatorsk,Ukraine |
| Date | 10 February 2015 12:30 (UTC+2) |
Attack type | Rocket attack |
| Weapon | MRLBM-30 Smerch |
| Deaths | 17 |
| Injured | 60 |
| Perpetrators | Russian forces orpro-Russian separatists |
TheFebruary 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack was a shelling ofKramatorsk byRussian forces orpro-Russian separatists during thewar in Donbas.[1] Kramatorsk was controlled byUkrainian government forces at the time of the attack. As a result of shelling, 17 people died and about 60 were injured.[2]
According toOleksandr Kikhtenko, 32 rockets were launched, 18 of them landed in civilian areas, while 14 of them landed nearKramatorsk military airfield, whereATO headquarters were located.[3]
On 10 February at 11:51SMMOSCE heard an explosion nearKramatorsk military airfield, whereATO 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 RussianUAVOrlan-10 was shot down near the airfield usingBuk 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 nearKramatorsk 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 inMariupol andVolnovakha. 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.
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