Donetsk bus station attack

Donetsk bus station attack
Donetsk bus station attack
Part of Russo-Ukrainian War
	A trolleybus damaged by the shelling
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
Deaths	8
Injured	13
Motive	Terrorist act and false flag operation

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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[OSCE-1] "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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