| March 2022 Donetsk attack | |
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| Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
 Skyline of Donetsk city centre, 2011 | |
| Location | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Date |
14 March 2022 11:31 (UTC+3) |
| Target | Civilians in Donetsk |
Attack type | Missile |
| Deaths | 21[1]-23[2] |
Non-fatal injuries | 36 (per Russia)[1] |
| Perpetrators |
 Ukraine (Per DPR and Russia) Donetsk People's Republic (Per Ukraine) Russia (Per Ukraine) |
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On 14 March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Tochka-U missile attack hit the center of Donetsk, Ukraine, at the time under de facto administration of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). The Russian Investigative Committee reported that the attack killed 23 civilians, including children, and injured at least 18 people.[3][4] Ukraine claimed that the rocket had been fired by the Russians, while Russia and the DPR claimed that the attack was carried out by Ukrainian forces. As of 14 March, neither the Russian nor the Ukrainian claims could be independently verified.[5][6][1]
Conflicting versions[]
According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the missile was launched from the Pokrovsk Raion, controlled by the Ukrainian forces.[4] The Russian Ministry also claimed that "the use of such weapons against a city where there is no armed forces firing position is a war crime."[3][1] Denis Pushilin, head of the self-proclaimed DPR, said that the missile carried a cluster munition warhead, which led to so many casualties, and claimed that the missile had been shot down by DPR defense systems.[4][3]
Leonid Matyukhin, a spokesperson for the Ukraine Military, said that the missile, which carried a shrapnel warhead, was a Russian rocket. "It is unmistakably a Russian rocket or another munition; there's not even any point talking about it."[5][7] In an interview on 15 March, Ruslan Leviev, founder of the Conflict Intelligence Team, said photos from the incident suggest the missile originated from Russian-controlled territory and was not shot down by DPR air defense systems.[8][9][10]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Intense and Lasting Harm: Cluster Munition Attacks in Ukraine" (in en). Human Rights Watch. 2022-05-11. https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/05/11/intense-and-lasting-harm/cluster-munition-attacks-ukraine.
- ↑ "Russia claims 23 dead in missile attack on Donetsk, S Jaishankar to give statement on war in Parliament today". DNA India. 15 March 2022. https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-ukraine-russia-war-day-20-russia-says-23-dead-in-missile-attack-on-donetsk-jaishankar-statement-in-parliament-2939941.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Au moins 23 civils tués à Donetsk par une frappe ukrainienne, accuse Moscou" (in fr). 2022-03-14. https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/au-moins-23-civils-tues-a-donetsk-par-une-frappe-ukrainienne-accuse-moscou-20220314.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Обстрел Донецка: десятки жертв и раненых" (in ru). 2022-03-14. https://ru.euronews.com/2022/03/14/ukraine-topstory-monday-update.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Russia accuses Kyiv of deadly missile attack on Donetsk" (in en). 2022-03-14. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/14/russia-accuses-kyiv-of-deadly-missile-attack-on-donetsk.
- ↑ Reuters (2022-03-15). "Russia accuses Ukraine of missile strike on Donetsk which Ukraine denies" (in en). Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-accuses-ukraine-missile-strike-donetsk-ukraine-denies-2022-03-14/.
- ↑ "Guerra Russia-Ucraina, missile nel Donetsk: altro scambio d'accuse. I filorussi: "20 morti, opera di Kiev". Che replica: "È razzo di Mosca"" (in it-IT). 2022-03-14. https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2022/03/14/guerra-russia-ucraina-missile-nel-donetsk-altro-scambio-daccuse-i-filorussi-20-morti-opera-di-kiev-che-replica-e-razzo-di-mosca/6525521/.
- ↑ "The missile strike on the centre of Donetsk was carried out from the territory of the Russian Federation - Conflict Intelligence Team" (in en). http://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/15/7331707/.
- ↑ "Руслан Левиев: «Ракета в Донецк прилетела с территории, контролируемой РФ и сепаратистами»" (in ru). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1ShdGliOxI.
- ↑ "Inside Russia’s propaganda bubble: Where a war isn’t a war" (in en-US). Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/17/russia-information-firewall-ukraine-war/.
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