UKRAINE: Shelling Incident on Olimpiiska Street in Mariupol Spot report by the OSCE [GOT'EM!]

Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), 24 January 2015: Shelling Incident on Olimpiiska Street in Mariupol MARIUPOL 24 January 2015

Where We Are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine What We Do: Conflict prevention and resolution

At approximately 09:15hrs on 24 January, the SMM in government-controlled Mariupol heard at its location incoming massed Multi-Launch Rocket System (MLRS) attacks from a north-east direction, consisting of an extremely heavy barrage lasting 35 seconds. Twenty minutes later the SMM received information from the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC) in Mariupol and other sources, that shelling had occurred in the area of Olimpiiska Street, in Ordzhonikidzevskyi district, 8.5 km north-east of Mariupol city centre, approximately 400 metres from a Ukrainian Armed Forces checkpoint.

At 10:20hrs the SMM went to Olimpiiska Street and saw seven adult civilians dead. The SMM observed in an area of 1.6 km by 1.1 km, including an open market, multiple impacts on buildings, retail shops, homes and a school. The SMM observed cars on fire and windows facing the north-eastern side of a nine-storey building shattered. The SMM was able to count 19 rocket strikes and is certain there are more. Four hospitals and the emergency service in the city informed the SMM that at least 20 people died and 75 people were injured and hospitalized. Ten of the wounded were in a critical condition, according to a hospital representative.

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), both controlled by the “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”).

At 13:02hrs and 13:21hrs the SMM heard again incoming MLRS salvos lasting for eight seconds, from an easterly direction. At a distance of 300 metres the SMM saw smoke above the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ checkpoint number 14 (8.9 km north-east of Mariupol city centre), just several hundred metres away from where the shelling had hit in Olimpiiska Street.

Comments by Gennadiy: Not being an expert, within three seconds, I determine the direction of the gunfire!!! -I have a few houses behind my back and behind them the fields in which inhabits the "valiant" DNI with the Russian army ... Dozens killed today of my countrymen- be on the conscience of the Kremlin ghouls and its valiant "volunteers" is. ... So are the "spiritual buckles" and the brotherhood of Slavic peoples... The Christians of the city (once again thanks to everyone who is involved) immediately is on the front lines ... ... Already hard at work to ensure that those in need food, to prevent looting ... etc .... Together with urban management and teams of volunteers is an active process ... The city is holding a blow of scoundrels. Mis-information of blunt attack (the bombing) is part of the strategy of Russian-terrorist ideology. ... All nursing to hands feed carrion-Bon/pleasant appetite propaganda...

Kak vesti sebya pri obstrele i bombardirovke Foto - Kak vesti sebya pri obstrele i bombardirovke V trevozhnyye vremena stoit nadeyat'sya na luchsheye, no vazhno byt' podgotovlennym k lyubomu razvitiyu sobytiy. Pust' nikogda ne ponadobyatsya pravila deystviy na sluchay popadaniya pod artobstrel ili bombardirovku: chto delat', kuda bezhat' i kak pryatat'sya? Sovetuyet veteran Vooruzhennykh Sil Ukrainy, polkovnik Andrey Kulish. Vnezapnyy artobstrel Yesli vy uslyshali svist snaryada (on pokhozh bol'she na shorokh), a cherez 2-3 sekundy - vzryv, srazu padayte na zemlyu. Ne panikuyte: uzhe to, chto vy slyshite sam zvuk poleta, oznachayet, chto snaryad proletel dostatochno daleko ot vas, a te sekundy pered vzryvom lish' podtverdili dostatochno bezopasnoye rasstoyaniye. Odnako sleduyushchiy snaryad poletit blizhe k vam, poetomu vmesto samouspokoyeniya bystro i vnimatel'no oglyanites' vokrug: gde mozhno spryatat'sya nadezhneye? V sluchaye, yesli obstrel zastal vas v marshrutke, trolleybuse ili tramvaye - sleduyet nemedlenno ostanovit' transport, otbezhat' ot dorogi v napravlenii «ot zdaniy i sooruzheniy» i zalech' na zemlyu. Oglyanites' i glazami poishchite boleye nadezhnoye ukrytiye nepodaleku. Perebegat' sleduyet korotkimi bystrymi broskami srazu posle sleduyushchego vzryva. Yesli pervyye vzryvy zastali vas v doroge na sobstvennom avtomobile - ne rasschityvayte, chto na avto vy smozhete bystro ubezhat' ot obstrela: vy nikogda ne budete znat', v kakuyu storonu perenesetsya ogon', i ne nachnetsya li dal'she obstrel, skazhem, iz minometov. Krome togo, benzobak vashego avto dobavlyayet opasnogo riska obgoret'. Poetomu opyat'-taki: nemedlenno ostanavlivayte mashinu i bystreye ishchite ukrytiye. Ne podkhodyat dlya ukrytiya: - Pod"yezdy lyubykh zdaniy, dazhe nebol'shiye pristroyennyye sooruzheniya. Ot mnogoetazhnykh / mnogokvartirnykh domov voobshche sleduyet otbezhat' khotya by metrov na 30-50; - Mesta pod raznoy tekhnikoy (skazhem, pod gruzovikom ili pod avtobusom); - Obychnyye ZHEKovskiye podvaly domov. Oni sovershenno ne prisposobleny dlya ukrytiya vo vremeni avianaletov ili raketno-artilleriyskikh obstrelov (rech' idet o slabykh perekrytiyakh, otsutstviye zapasnykh vykhodov, ventilyatsii i t.d.). Yest' bol'shoy risk okazat'sya pod massivnymi zavalami. Zagromozhdeniye takikh podvalov vlechet risk momental'nogo pozhara ili zadymlennosti. Nikogda ne sleduyet pryatat'sya snaruzhi pod stenami sovremennykh zdaniy! Nyneshniye betonnyye «korobki» ne imeyut ni maleyshego zapasa prochnosti i legko rassypayutsya (ili «skladyvyutsya») ne tol'ko ot pryamogo popadaniya, no i dazhe ot sil'noy vzryvnoy volny: yest' bol'shoy risk opolzney i zavalov. Nel'zya takzhe pryatat'sya pod stenami ofisov i magazinov: ot vzryvnoy volny sverkhu budet padat' mnogo stekla; eto ne meneye opasno, chem metallicheskiye oskolki snaryadov. Inogda lyudi instinktivno pryachutsya sredi lyubykh shtabeley, v mestakh, zalozhennykh konteynerami, zastavlennykh yashchikami, stroymaterialami i t.p. (vstupayet v delo podsoznatel'nyy refleks: spryatat'sya tak, chtoby ne videt' nichego). Eta oshibka opasna tem, chto vokrug vas mogut byt' legkovosplamenyayushchiyesya predmety i veshchestva: voznikayet risk okazat'sya sredi vnezapnogo pozhara. Poroy lyudi iz strakha prygali v reku, v prud, fontan i t.d. Vzryv bomby ili snaryada v vode dazhe na znachitel'nom rasstoyanii ochen' opasny: sil'nyy gidroudar i - kak sledstviye - tyazhelaya kontuziya. Mozhno spryatat'sya v sleduyushchikh mestakh: - V spetsial'no oborudovannom bomboubezhishche (yesli povezet). Ot obychnogo ZHEKovskogo podvala nastoyashcheye bomboubezhishche otlichayetsya tolstym nadezhnym perekrytiyem nad golovoy, sistemoy ventilyatsii i nalichiyem dvukh (i boleye) vykhodov na poverkhnost'; - V podzemnom perekhode; - V metro (ideal'no podkhodit); - V lyuboy kanave, transheye ili yame; - V shirokoy trube vodostoka pod dorogoy (ne stoit lezt' slishkom gluboko, maksimum na 3-4 metra); Dzherelo: fakty.ictv.ua How to behave during the shelling and bombing of Photography - How to behave during the shelling and bombardment in troubled times is little hope for the best, but it's important to be prepared for any eventuality. Let never need rules for dealing with exposure to the shelling or bombing: what to do, where to go and how to hide? Advises veteran of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Andrey Kulish. Sudden shelling If you hear the whistle of the projectile (it looks more like a whisper), and after 2-3 seconds - the explosion, immediately fall to the ground. Do not panic: the very fact that you can hear the sound itself flight means that the missile flew far enough away from you, but those seconds before the explosion only confirmed sufficiently safe distance. However, the next round will fly closer to you, so instead of complacency quickly and carefully look around where you can hide more reliable? If you caught fire in the bus, trolleybus or tram - should immediately stop trucks to run off the road in the direction "of buildings and structures" and lie down on the ground. Look back and look through the eyes of a safe shelter nearby. Cross should be short, quick throws immediately after the next explosion. If you caught the first explosions on the road with your own car - do not expect that car, you can quickly get away from the fire: you'll never know which way the fire will be transferred, and will not start on fire if, say, mortars. In addition, the gas tank of your car adds a dangerous risk of burn. Therefore again: stop the machine immediately and will seek shelter. Not suitable for covering: - Entrances any buildings, even small pristroennye facilities. From the multi-storey / apartment buildings in general should run off at least 30-50 meters; - Designated by different techniques (for example, a truck or a bus); - Conventional ZhEKovskie basements. They are absolutely not designed to shelter in time of bombing or missile and artillery fire (it is a weak overlap, lack of emergency exits, ventilation, etc.). There is a great risk of falling under the massive rubble. Clutter such cellars entails the risk of fire or smoke instant. You should never hide outside the walls of modern buildings! Today's concrete "boxes" have not the slightest margin of safety and is easy to fall apart (or "skladyvyutsya") is not only a direct hit, but even from a strong blast wave: there is great risk of landslides and debris. Nor can we hide behind the walls of offices and shops from the blast wave from the top will drop a lot of glass; it is no less dangerous than the metal shell fragments. Sometimes people instinctively hide among all piles in places pledged containers, cluttered drawers, construction materials, etc. (comes in a subconscious reflex to hide so as not to see anything). This error is dangerous because you can be around flammable objects and substances: there is a risk to be among the sudden fire. Sometimes people fear jumped into the river, into the pond, fountain, etc. The explosion of a bomb or shell in the water, even at a considerable distance is very dangerous: a strong water hammer and - as a result - a severe concussion. You can hide in the following places: - In a specially equipped bomb shelter (if you're lucky). From the usual ZhEKovskogo basement bomb shelter now differs reliable thick overlapping overhead, ventilation system and the presence of two (or more) outputs on the surface; - In the underpass; - In the subway (ideal); - In any ditch, trench or pit; - In general drain pipe under the road (do not climb too deep, up to 3-4 meters); Dzherelo: fakty.ictv.ua

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