January 22, 2015 (2015-01-22) 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]
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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]
^ abc"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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