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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- On 24 February 2022, Ukrainian forces launched a missile attack on Russian Millerovo Airbase in Rostov Oblast, using two Tochka-U ballistic missiles in response for the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to prevent further air strikes by the Russian air force against Ukraine.[28] The attack left one Su-30SM destroyed on the ground.[29]
- On 24 February 2022, a 9M79 Tochka missile was used by Russian forces striking near a hospital building in Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, killing 4 civilians and wounding 10. Amnesty International investigation confirmed that a hospital was targeted, not a military target.[30]
- On 14 March 2022, the Russian Federation and the government of the separatist Donetsk People Republic blamed Ukrainian forces of launching a Tochka-U missile killing 23 civilians and wounding 28 in Donetsk.[31] The housing facility was supposedly used as a barracks for Separatists forces.[32]
- On 19 March 2022 Russian forces claimed they shot down a Ukrainian fired missile near Berdyansk.[32]
- On 24 March 2022, a Russian Navy Alligator-class landing ship Saratov that was docked in Beryansk port, Ukraine, caught fire and sunk. The attack was likely carried out by a Ukrainian ballistic Tochka-U missile.[33]
- On 8 April 2022, the railway station in Kramatorsk under Ukrainian control was hit by 2 Tochka-U ballistic missiles. The attack killed at least 52 civilians and injured at least 87 more. At first, Russian media said it had hit a Ukrainian military target. Later, Russia falsely blamed Ukraine for the strike. The message in Russian "Za detei", meaning for or on behalf of the children, had been daubed on the missile in white.[34][35][36][37][38][39]
