MOSCOW, January 24 (Sputnik) — Saturday's deadly attack on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol in southern Donbas region was carried out from the northeast, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) said.
"The SMM conducted a crater analysis and its initial assessment showed that the impacts were caused by Grad and Uragan rockets. According to the impact analysis, the Grad rockets originated from a north-easterly direction, in the area of Oktyabr (19 km north-east of Olimpiiska Street), and the Uragan rockets from an easterly direction, in the area of Zaichenko (15 km east of Olimpiiska Street)," the monitoring mission said in a statement.
According to the local authorities’ latest estimates, the attack claimed the lives of 30 people.
Tensions have been on the rise in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine in January. Last week, 13 people were killed as a bus came under shelling in the city of Volnovaha in the Donetsk region. According to the bus driver, the attack came from a territory controlled by Ukrainian forces.
On January 18, the Kiev-led forces intensified shelling in Donetsk. Kiev officially acknowledged that a major security operation was being carried out at the Donetsk airport, resulting in the destruction of homes and infrastructure.
On Thursday, at least eight people were killed when a trolleybus came under fire in the city of Donetsk.
