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 (July–September 2015) missiles. In the northern front, Ukrainian positions around Stanitsya Luhanska were pounded by rocket propelled grenades, mortar rounds and antiaircraft cannons. In the area of Mariupol, the rebels shelled Shyrokyne with rocket propelled grenades and 120 mm mortars. Bohdanivka was hit by 122 mm artillery rounds. Three Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in action during the last 24 hours. One civilian was wounded in Stanytsia Luhanska. The Ukrainian military said that the militias launched 82 attacks on Ukrainian troops during the same period. Most incidents took place around Donetsk city, where the main target was the village of Opytne, pounded with