V-2 rocket offensive began on 8 September 1944, when "Lehr- und Versuchsbatterie No. 444" () launched a single rocket guided by a radio beam directed at Paris. Wreckage of combat V-2s occasionally contained the transponder for velocity and fuel cutoff. The painting of the operational V-2s was mostly a ragged-edged pattern with several variations, but at the end of the war a plain olive green rocket also appeared. During tests, the rocket was painted in a characteristic black-and-white chessboard pattern, which aided in determining if the rocket was spinning around its longitudinal axis. The original German designation of the rocket was "V2",
Timeline of the war in Donbass (January–March 2015) withdrew from Donetsk airport. The European Parliament condemned "the acts of terrorism and criminal behaviour committed by the separatists and other irregular forces in Eastern Ukraine", calling for holding the sanctions against Russia until it stops its "aggressive and expansionist policy". From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. pro-Russian forces opened fire on Ukrainian troops 40 times using small arms, rocket propelled grenades, flamethrowers, tanks, artillery and multiple rocket launchers, specially around Donetsk airport. The rebels launched a major assault on the new terminal, killing two Ukrainian paratroopers and wounding seven, according to Ukrainian sources. The nearby villages of Pisky, Avdiivka