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The neurosurgical block. people suffered because of it. when patients died, another remains in critical condition. ——one patient died, another remains in critical condition. this footage has been released. they claim shows their mortar crews targeting ukrainian troops, including observation posts and artillery positions. across ukraine the daily struggle to keep the power on has become an important part of the conflict. in the eastern industrial city of kramatorsk workers have been trying to repair the grid as quickly as possible despite the shelling from russian forces. translation: almos...

Very consistently, that we believe it was an opportunistic attack on our mission, that did not involve significant preplanning. >> reporter: but those with extensive military experience with mortars strongly disagreed. >> this was the one piece of evidence that convinces me, and certainly convinces others with experience with mortars or attacks that this was pre-planned, well laid out, well thought-out and reasonably well executed. >> reporter: in most cases, mortar crews can't see the target, so they're trained to rely on complex maps. the first two missed, but the next three were direct hits...

Shooting. it was cheerily accurate. they adjusted their -- clearly accurate. they adjusted their fire, so they went a little long, they went a little short, they fired for effect. >> reporter: as this pent gone training video shows, mortar crews have specialized training to prepare the rounds for launch which includes math calculations for distance, direction and altitude. mortars are called indirect fire because this most cases, especially urban environments like benghazi, the crew cannot see the target. given the attack's accuracy, five military officers contacted by fox news concluded the t...

Use. they went a little long, a little short, and fired for effect. >> mortar crews and specialized training to prepare the rounds for launch, which included mass calculations for distance, direction, and altitude. mortars are called indirect fire because in most cases especially urban environments like benghazi, the crew kraent see the target. given the accuracy and the fact the rounds were fired in darkness, five military officers including retired general bob scales concluded the terrorists preset the location. >> something like this can't be done overnight. this is something that probably ...