
In Lugansk, a car of the head of the self -proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic Igor Plotnitsky was blown up. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in the "People's Police" of the LPR.
“As a result of the explosion, two people were injured,” the source said. He did not report other details. The scene of the incident is cordoned off by the security forces of the LPR.
According to the former deputy from the Party of Regions Oleg Tsarev, the condition of Plotnitsky is difficult. "The leader of the LPR Igor Plotnitsky is in serious condition in the hospital. The car fell under the directed explosion of great power," Tsarev wrote. According to him, the militants consider the attack of the Ukrainian sabotage group the main version.
"The state of the head of the republic is evaluated as difficult, he is undergoing an operation," a source in the hospital told Interfax. Later, another source said that the doctors managed to stabilize the condition of Plotnitsky. “According to the results of the diagnosis, it was found that the Plotnitsky mine -scene wounds, including the liver and spleen,” the source said. “He was performed an emergency operation that was successful. Then Plotnitsky was transferred to the intensive care unit.”
Advisor to the head of the SBU Yuri Tandit believes that an explosion next to a car of Plotnitsky may be associated with the struggle for power in the self -proclaimed republics. "Straightening is underway, seals are underway, reorganization, and it does not do without power," said Tangita.
The adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Zoryan Shkiryak did not exclude that Russian special services may be involved in the preparation of the attempt on the LPR leader. “Of course, this enmity will continue in the future. And I think that this is not the last attempt on one of the leaders of these terrorist groups,” Skiryak said.
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Recently, cases of attempts on the commanders of militants and heads of the LPR and the DPR have become more frequent. On July 14, the Range Rover SUV exploded in Donetsk, which was driven by Elena Fillipova, secretary of the head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko. The power of the explosion was such that glass flew out in neighboring houses, and parts of the car scattered several tens of meters. Fillipova herself remained alive.
On the same day in Donetsk, an attempt was made for the "deputy", a candidate for the post of "head of the DPR" Yuri Sivoconenko. They shot from machine guns. Sivoconenko was injured in his hand, and his assistant in the neck.
On June 24, near the trauma center in Donetsk, an attempt was made on the leader of the Sparta terrorist battalion, the self -proclaimed DPR Arseniy Pavlov, known as Motorola. The militant was in the hospital on the dressing. The explosion thundered at the moment when Motorola left the center. Fugas was placed in one of the trees behind the garage in the hospital. As a result of the explosion, seven cars were damaged, glass was knocked out in two buildings of the hospital, there were no injured.