Dmitry Rogozin, former director of Roscosmos - agency in charge of the Russian civilian space program - and close to Vladimir Putin said this Thursday, December 22, that he was injured during a bombardment in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
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“
I have an injury, a 3×4 mm metal fragment entered above the right shoulder blade.
There will be an operation.
Several other people close to me were injured
,” the former Russian deputy prime minister wrote on his Telegram channel on Thursday.
Doctors from the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) said they were providing medical assistance to Dmitry Rogozin, according to Tass, the Russian news agency.
“
His condition is satisfactory
,” said the injured assistant.
“
According to the doctors' conclusions, a mine fragment that lodged in his spine cannot be removed.
Dmitry Rogozin refuses to be evacuated to medical facilities in other regions of Russia until the condition of the other injured is stabilized
,” he added.
Location disclosed
Dmitry Rogozin was in the DPR, a Ukrainian region occupied by Russia since 2014 and officially annexed last September by Moscow, in order to provide "
military assistance
" to the Russian army, explains the Tass agency.
In his Telegram message, Rogozin said he was attending "
a working meeting, in a small circle and in a calm atmosphere, when one of our volunteer units returns
".
“
We had been living in this hotel for a few months and in eight years the enemy had never bombed the place
,” he continues.
According to the Russian official, "
someone leaked
" the location around "
7:45 p.m.
" and "
several high-precision strikes
" followed.
Finally, he informs that an investigation is open to discover the identity of the attacker.
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Since his dismissal at the head of Roscosmos last July, a vagueness hangs over his activities.
Some have speculated that Rogozin could hold some kind of leadership position in Russian-occupied areas in eastern Ukraine.
However, this has not yet happened, so Rogozin declared himself the leader of the voluntary inspection group "
Tsar's Wolves
".
