The prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Vitali Khotsenko, and the former director general of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, have been injured following the shelling of a hotel in the city of Donetsk allegedly perpetrated by the Ukrainian Army.
«DPR Prime Minister Vitaly Khotsenko has been injured during the shelling of a hotel in Donetsk, (although) there is no threat to his life. The people accompanying him were also wounded,» Jotsenko’s press service reported in a statement carried by Tass agency.
Also, the Donetsk authorities have reported that the prime minister of the self-proclaimed DPR «feels well».
For his part, Dmitry Rogozin was injured and was taken to hospital after being wounded in the back.
«On the outskirts of Donetsk, a hotel has been shelled, where a group of military advisors headed by Dmitry Rogozin had been living in recent months. Rogozin was wounded in the back and has been hospitalized. There is no threat to life,» a source close to the former Roscosmos director general told TASS.
«The attack was clearly targeted. Experts are inclined to believe that a 155-millimeter Caesar self-propelled artillery self-propelled artillery mount, developed and manufactured by the French company Nexter, was used for the attack,» a Rogozin aide has added, accusing the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the alleged attack.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
