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| Former Roscosmos boss wounded in Ukraine as shrapnel passes a 'centimetre' from spine |
| 2022-12-22 |
| [Express UK] Dmitry Rogozin led the Russian space corporation from 2018 until his dismissal in June. The former head of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos has been injured in the city of Donetsk an area that has been under Russian control since 2014, reports suggest. According to the largest Eastern European media NEXTA, Dmitry Rogozin was wounded during the shelling of a hotel in the city. Mr Rogozin was reportedly celebrating his birthday in a restaurant when the attack happened. A targeted assassination. Next birthday make reservations on the Cote d'Azur. The food and wine is better and far less shrapnel in the air. Russian media has reported that Mr Rogozin received a shrapnel wound to the soft tissues of the head. They also reported that he received a shrapnel wound to his buttocks and his left thigh. It has also been reported that Vitaly Khotsenko, the chairman on the self proclaimed separatist Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), was also injured in the attack. Mr Rogozin, a former Russian Deputy Prime Minister and ambassador to NATO, made a number of controversial comments in relation to the war in Ukraine prior to his dismissal. |
| Posted by:Whusoger Shavish7113 |
| #1 Rogozin's condition is deteriorating, wound turned out to be severe. Doctors in Donetsk and Rostov did not dare to perform an operation, because of its complexity. He will be transported to Moscow, where a council of doctors will decide what to do. - Russian media |
| Posted by: Whusoger Shavish7113 2022-12-22 19:22 |