Russian ex-deputy prime minister injured in Donetsk attack – Observer

Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s former deputy prime minister and former CEO of state-owned space agency Roscomos, was wounded in an attack in Donetsk on Wednesday. Russian media said Ukrainian forces were responsible for the incident, which left at least two people dead and several wounded, including the Prime Minister of the Donetsk Republic, Vitaly Kotchenko.

Dmitry Rogozin, supporter of Vladimir Putin and supporter of the invasion of Ukraine, He wrote In Telegram, a work meeting was taking place in a “quiet environment” when the attack took place in the late afternoon at the hotel where he and his team had been staying for a few months. “At 19:45, there were several high-precision shots against where we were,” said the head of a group of military advisers working with the governments of the occupied Ukrainian territories.

Rokosin said he was wounded in the right shoulder blade. A consultant Improved TASS told the news agency that the attack took place at a hotel on the outskirts of Donetsk, and that the former executive director of Roscomos “injured his back” and had to be taken to “hospital”. “It’s not life-threatening,” he declared. was addedReports to state agency RIA Novosti said several people accompanying Rogozin were injured.

Vitaly Kotchenko was among the wounded. Second Kotchenko, adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Donetsk, is not in danger of dying, he is in good health. Two people were killed, and the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, confirmed that Kotchenko was injured.

Arguing that it was an “obviously targeted attack”, an adviser to the former Russian prime minister said “experts believe the shots came from a Cesar 15mm cannon system manufactured by the French company Nexter”. And Rogosin pointed out that the hotel was never bombed, saying the attack happened because his location was revealed. “The investigation will determine where and who [foi responsável]🇧🇷

Russian independent media SOTA reported Rogosin was attacked in a restaurant while celebrating his birthday. According to the same source, Kotchenko was injured and his bodyguard and another person were killed.