Rogozin Announces Death of His Assistant Due to Ukrainian Shelling

The former head of "Roscosmos" and leader of the "Tsarskiye Volki" military advisory group, Dmitry Rogozin, has reported that his assistant Mikhail Bridasov was killed as a result of shelling at one of the hotels in Donetsk. This was reported by Life.ru.

“My friend and assistant Mikhail Bridasov has died, he was a special forces officer not long ago. The other guys in our group have also sustained injuries of varying degrees. Three of them are in serious condition. I am praying for their recovery,” Rogozin wrote on the social media platform VKontakte.

He also spoke about the circumstances of the tragedy. According to him, the first explosion occurred about ten minutes after the arrival of the head of the DPR government, Vitaly Khotsenko, followed by several more explosions. Rogozin added that the Ukrainian armed forces “struck accurately and purposefully.”