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| fatalities = 21<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2022-05-11 |title=Intense and Lasting Harm: Cluster Munition Attacks in Ukraine |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/05/11/intense-and-lasting-harm/cluster-munition-attacks-ukraine |language=en}}</ref>-23<ref name=MSN1 /> |
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| fatalities = 21<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2022-05-11 |title=Intense and Lasting Harm: Cluster Munition Attacks in Ukraine |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/05/11/intense-and-lasting-harm/cluster-munition-attacks-ukraine |language=en}}</ref>-23<ref name="MSN1">{{cite web|url=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|title=Russia claims 23 dead in missile attack on Donetsk, S Jaishankar to give statement on war in Parliament today|date=15 March 2022|work=DNA India}}</ref> |
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The '''March 2022 Donetsk attack''' was a missile attack in the center of ], ] during the ]. Ukraine claimed that the rocket had been fired by the Russians. The ] authorities claimed that the attack was carried out by Ukrainian forces. Independent analysis stated that the rocket had been fired from Russian-controlled territory.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-14 |title=Russia accuses Kyiv of deadly missile attack on Donetsk |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/14/russia-accuses-kyiv-of-deadly-missile-attack-on-donetsk |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> |
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The '''March 2022 Donetsk attack''' was a missile attack in the center of ], ] during the ]. The attack occurred at around 11:31 local time on 14 March 2022, hitting Universitetskaya Street and Artyoma Street in the centre of Donetsk. The ] authorities said the missile was shot down by air defence. Preliminary information given by DPR officials stated that the attack left 20 civilians killed and 9 wounded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iz.ru/1304689/2022-03-14/20-chelovek-pogibli-i-deviat-postradali-v-rezultate-udara-vsu-po-donetcku|title=20 человек погибли и девять пострадали в результате удара ВСУ по Донецку|date=14 March 2022|language=Russian}}</ref> Later the toll was updated to 23 killed and 28 wounded.<ref name="MSN1">{{cite web|url=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|title=Russia claims 23 dead in missile attack on Donetsk, S Jaishankar to give statement on war in Parliament today|date=15 March 2022|work=DNA India}}</ref> Ukraine claimed that the rocket had been fired by the Russians. The DPR authorities claimed that the attack was carried out by Ukrainian forces. Neither the Russian nor the Ukrainian claims could be independently verified as of March 2022.<ref name=":0"/> The founder of the ] said on 15 March that rocket had been fired from Russian-controlled territory.<ref name="cit">{{Citation |title=Руслан Левиев: «Ракета в Донецк прилетела с территории, контролируемой РФ и сепаратистами» |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1ShdGliOxI |language=ru |access-date=2022-04-22}}</ref> |
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Ukrainian authorities denied perpetrating the attack. Leonid Matyukhin, a spokesperson for the Ukraine Military, said that the missile, which carried a shrapnel warhead, was in fact a Russian rocket. "It is unmistakably a Russian rocket or another munition; there's not even any point talking about it."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-14 |title=Russia accuses Kyiv of deadly missile attack on Donetsk |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/14/russia-accuses-kyiv-of-deadly-missile-attack-on-donetsk |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> The DPR authorities said that the attack was made by ] tactical missile system used by Ukrainian forces, which was shot down by the DPR Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vesti.ru/article/2689159/|title=Сбитая над центром Донецка "Точка-У" несла кассетный заряд|language=Russian|date=14 March 2022}}</ref> |
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Leonid Matyukhin, a spokesperson for the Ukraine Military, said that the missile, which carried a shrapnel warhead, was in fact a Russian rocket. "It is unmistakably a Russian rocket or another munition; there's not even any point talking about it."<ref name=":0" /> |
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On March 15 the founder of ] Ruslan Leviev said that their preliminary conclusion based on the location of the propellant is that the missile originated from Russian-controlled territory to the south-east of Donetsk. He also said that it was unlikely to have been shot down by air defense systems.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The missile strike on the centre of Donetsk was carried out from the territory of the Russian Federation - Conflict Intelligence Team |url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/15/7331707/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=Ukrayinska Pravda |language=en}}</ref><ref name = "cit"/> |
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According to ], the missile originated from Russian-controlled territory, and denied that it was shot down by air defense systems.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The missile strike on the centre of Donetsk was carried out from the territory of the Russian Federation - Conflict Intelligence Team |url=http://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/15/7331707/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=Ukrayinska Pravda |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Руслан Левиев: «Ракета в Донецк прилетела с территории, контролируемой РФ и сепаратистами» |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1ShdGliOxI |language=ru |access-date=2022-04-22}}</ref> |
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Skyline of Donetsk city centre, 2011
Ukraine (Per DPR and Russia)
Donetsk People's Republic (Per Ukraine)
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