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) and tanks. The main actions took place around Donetsk city. The village of Pisky was hit six times by mortar barrages, while Opytne was the target of rocket propelled grenades and tanks. Ukrainian outposts in Avdiivka and Butivka mining complex were harassed with small arms fire. In the area of Artemivsk, the separatists fired rocket propelled grenades and mortars on Leninske, Maiorsk and Shumy. Rebel infantry launched an assault on the Ukrainian garrison at Sokolniki. The Ukrainian army thwarted the attempt. At least four civilians were killed and 17 wounded where the bus they were riding on struck a landmine