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) 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