A close Vladimir Putin ally and fanatical war supporter known as ‘Mr Hypersonic’ has been wounded in a Ukrainian attack as he celebrated his birthday in Donetsk.
Dmitry Rogozin, 59, the former deputy prime minister and former head of the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos, was hit in the head, thigh and buttocks by shrapnel in shelling which killed two and wounded a total of six.
“I was wounded in the back - I’ll live. The shrapnel hit a centimetre away from the spine", Rogozin said.
