January 2015 Mariupol rocket attack

When

24 Jan 2015

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

31

Coordinates

47.11° N, 37.68° E

Description

2015 massacre

Attack on Mariupol by Russian and separatist forces, on January 24th 2015

A rocket attack on Mariupol was launched on 24 January 2015 by Russian and pro-Russian forces against the strategic maritime city of Mariupol, defended by Ukrainian government forces. Mariupol had come under attack multiple times in the previous year in the course of the War in Donbas, including in May–June 2014, when the city was under the control of Russian controlled forces; and in the September 2014 offensive.

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