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Former Russian deputy PM wounded by shelling in Donetsk

Rogozin is a staunch supporter of Russia's offensive in Ukraine [File: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]

A former Russian deputy prime minister says he has been wounded during the shelling of a hotel in a Russian-controlled area of eastern Ukraine.

Dmitry Rogozin, who also once led Russia’s space agency, said on Thursday that he had been hit by shrapnel above the shoulder blade when the attack on the building, located on the outskirts of Donetsk city, took place a day earlier.

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