V-weapons vast majority aimed at London; 2,515 reached the city, killing 6,184 civilians and injuring 17,981. Croydon to the south, on the flight path of the V1s suffered severely taking 142 hits. V-2 rocket launching sites were set up by the Germans around The Hague in the Netherlands on 6 September 1944. The first was launched from here against London on 8 September 1944 and took an estimated 5 minutes to fly the 200 miles from the Hague to London where it struck at 6.43pm on 8 September on Chiswick causing thirteen casualties. As the V2 explosions came without warning, the
Timeline of the war in Donbass (January–March 2015) Debaltseve and east of Mariupol. Near Donetsk, the villages of Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Pisky and Opytne were hit by mortar rounds. Militants attempted an assault on Ukrainian redoubts around Avdiivka, but were beaten off by the defenders. Near Debaltseve, the village of Mironovske was the target of mortar fire, and rocket propelled grenades fell on Ukrainian positions near Troitske. The Ukrainian army in Shyrokyne was harassed with rocket propelled grenades and mortars. One Ukrainian soldier was killed in action and other four wounded over the last 24 hours. The militias launched 32 attacks on Ukrainian positions overnight using small arms, rocket