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Former Russian official sends Macron shrapnel that injured him

France supplied the Ukraine army with 12 Caesar canon systems. 5 mai 2022 © leparisien

A former top Russian official injured in Ukraine said Wednesday he had sent the shrapnel from a French howitzer shell that he claimed struck him to President Emmanuel Macron.

Dmitry Rogozin, an outspoken former deputy prime minister, was injured last month by shelling in Donetsk, a Russian-held city in eastern Ukraine.

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