Rogozin received a shrapnel wound and concussion as a result of shelling
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Former head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin was wounded above the right shoulder blade near the spine, his assistant told reporters. The hotel in Donetsk, where Rogozin was staying, came under fire this week, the ex-head of the state corporation was transferred to Rostov-on-Don.
“Dmitry Olegovich has a penetrating wound – a metal fragment measuring 8 by 6 mm entered above the right shoulder blade near the spine. Miraculously did not hurt the lung. In addition, Dmitry Olegovich has a concussion. There are no other injuries.” said Rogozin’s assistant (quote from RIA Novosti).
According to him data, Rogozin has already been taken to a hospital in the Moscow region, in a few days he will undergo an operation to remove the fragment. Doctors in Rostov-on-Don had previously hesitated to perform the operation due to its complexity. Rogozin’s assistant also clarified that two more injured military advisers are in serious condition in Donetsk, the third was transferred to a hospital in Rostov-on-Don.
The shelling of a hotel in Donetsk became known on December 22. As a result of this incident, Rogozin, the chairman of the government of the DPR, Vitaly Khotsenko, and the mayor of Gorlovka, Ivan Prikhodko, were injured. Persons accompanying them were also injured. Rogozin later announced the death of his assistant Mikhail Bridasov.
Rogozin assessed his condition as satisfactory. He said that he was going to have an operation because a 3×4 mm metal fragment had entered above the right shoulder blade.
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