Ukrainian crisis/Crater and impact analysis

The Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said in its daily update on Saturday that crater analysis indicated that Mariupol was shelled from northeast and east, or territories controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).

“The SMM conducted a crater analysis and its initial assessment showed that the impacts were caused by Grad and Uragan rockets,” the document says. “According to the impact analysis, the Grad rockets originated from a north-easterly direction, in the area of Oktyabr, and the Uragan rockets from an easterly direction, in the area of Zaichenko.

Earlier on Saturday, Alexander Zakharchenko, the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said on Saturday, DPR self-defence forces were not going to attack Mariupol. “No one is going to attack the city. We are not beasts as they in Kiev,” he said.

Mariupol shelled from northeast and east - OSCE report