Donetsk bus shelling incident

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Donetsk bus shelling incident
Part of War in Donbass
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Location of Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine
Donetsk is located in Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk
Donetsk
Donetsk (Donetsk Oblast)
Location 42 Kuprina Street, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine[1]
Coordinates 47°57′31.9″N 37°48′22.4″E / 47.958861°N 37.806222°E / 47.958861; 37.806222
Date January 22, 2015 (2015-01-22)
approx. 7:30 AM[1] (UTC+2)
Target unclear
Attack type
shelling
Weapons mortar or artillery[1]
Deaths 13, in early reportage[2]
Suspected perpetrators
Armed Forces of Ukraine
(alleged by the DPR);
Donetsk People's Republic
(alleged by Ukraine);
Armed Forces of Russia
(alleged by Ukraine)[3]

The Donetsk bus shelling incident (or just Donetsk shelling incident) was a military shelling incident involving civilian fatalities, which happened on January 22, 2015, in Donetsk, Ukraine.[2] The shelling involved two projectiles, both exploded close to a trolleybus and a car. Early reports indicated at least 13 people, all civilians, were killed.[2] The number of fatalities is uncertain however, and may be inflated.[4]

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Shelling of Bosse, Donetsk neighborhood, 22 January 2015

OSCE's Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) was informed of the incident by the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), and SMM members inspected the scene.[1][5]

At the time of the incident, Donetsk was and is still controlled by the pro-Russian separatist forces of the DPR, and the incident came after heavy fighting at the city's airport ended just on the previous day, when DPR forces finally overran the Ukrainian government forces, concluding the second battle for the airport.[2]

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