Rocket Attack in Donetsk City

The body isn't visible in the car.

There is such a crater behind,

behind the car.

There are still no official statements,

but we can already say with 99 percent certainty that it was

a

HIMARS multiple rocket launcher. It has such a distinctive sharp sound on

impact.

Apparently,

our air defense system failed to intercept several of the rockets.

As a result of this strike, by this point, we know of at least two

civilian fatalities. But

I suspect that the number may increase,

because that bus was on fire

and so were two cars.

There are also injured people. This is what

eyewitnesses to the strike say.

Well, nothing, there was a meeting, we were holding a meeting, work matters,

that's all. We heard two blasts, the ground, everything went flying.

There's another fragment over there.

That's all.

Yes, yes. Like that, there it is, yes.

So far, twice as many.

Yes. It was that long. That was it. Then everything went flying.

They opened the windows there, that was it. Everyone came downstairs, there

they are now. All the cars are battered.

Was anyone hurt there?

No, thank God, no one was hurt.

Is anything known at all about the injured?

No, but they won't let us in there. We came out right away and saw that

the bus was burning, but firefighters arrived. They aren't letting anyone in.

There are lots of bus routes here, right?

Trams run here regularly, and minibuses are constantly carrying people.

Well, this is the city's transport hub, the city center.

The driver, was the driver hurt?

No, he wasn't hurt.

And who is that man? Oh, just a passerby, right?

Well, thank God, on the bus just now...

There have already been cases like this, when there were strikes in...

Excuse me. They're saying there is a live cable.

There have been cases like this before: trolleybuses, buses, and fires.

as a result of shelling,

when public transit vehicles were hit.

But there are no traces. Most likely, the bus was empty, even in the

driver's seat, even the driver's seat has no remains

characteristic of a person. Apparently, thank God, no one on the bus was hurt,

but there are fatalities.

There is a man lying here. He, um—

bystanders say he isn't the driver.

Emergency services are working at the scene, taking the wounded away.

At least three people are injured here. On the building—

a man was killed here, and besides him, another person is dead, according to some

reports, and at least three are injured.

On

the building, there are characteristic

traces from the damaging elements.

Here they are.

A hole big enough for a finger to fit into, I don't know if you can see it or not.

Cracked.

From the edge of the house, from the edge of the roof.

There’s even smoke over there, if you can see it, I don’t know. I’ll zoom in now.

I’ll try to zoom in.

Something’s smoking over there.

From the edge of the roof

and into this small extension, some sort of commercial premises,

a rocket projectile fell.

Well, this is HIMARS. A demining vehicle has just arrived,

for demining.

They’ll inspect it now. This is surely private property.

Of course, I won’t go in there

without an invitation.

No one was hurt here, this is…

This is Kyivskyi District already, right?

No.

Kuibyshevskyi. This is Kuibyshevskyi already.

If the first,

the first location was Voroshylovskyi District, the very center of the city.

This is also closer to the city center, but this is Kuibyshevskyi District.

Sergey Makarenko

reporting for Soloviev LIVE from Donetsk.