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) 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