Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dimitri Rogozin, wounded in an attack in Donetsk, evacuated to Moscow

Dec. 24 () –

Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dimitri Rogozin, injured this week in an attack by the Ukrainian Army against the town of Donetsk, has been transferred this Saturday to Moscow along with two other wounded to be admitted to hospitals in the Russian capital.

An adviser to Rogozin, who was also a director of Roskosmos, has indicated that he has been evacuated to Moscow along with two military advisers wounded in an artillery attack in Donetsk. “They have reached hospitals in the Moscow region,” he said, as reported by the Russian news agency Interfax.

Thus, he has detailed that Rogozin will soon undergo an operation due to the injuries suffered, while adding that two other injured remain in serious condition in Donetsk. Among the wounded is Vitali Khotsenko, the prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.

Rogozin himself confirmed after the attack that he had been injured after being hit by a “metallic splinter” that hit him above the right shoulder blade. “Several people close to me were also injured,” he said through a message on his account. on Telegram.

Russia, which began the invasion of Ukraine in February following an order to this effect by Russian President Vladimir Putin, announced in September the annexation of the partially occupied regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia.