Rogozin announced the death of his assistant during shelling in Donetsk. He promised to "return to the front" and "take revenge"

The ex-head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said that as a result of the night shelling of the hotel in Donetsk, his “combat comrade and assistant” Mikhail Bridasov died. He wrote about this on VKontakte.

According to Rogozin, other members of his group were injured in varying severity, three people in serious condition.

“I pray for their recovery. My fragment broke the right forearm and stuck into the cervical vertebra. Doctors think whether it is worth it and how to operate. As I get better, I will return to the front. I will avenge the guys, ”the politician wrote.

At night, the Shesh-Besh Hotel in Donetsk, where Dmitry Rogozin celebrated his birthday, fell under fire.

“There were always a lot of people in this hotel, despite the war, people celebrated their holidays. The entrance to the hotel was from the end of the building, this allowed our group to come and leave without attracting the attention of guests and visitors, ”he said.

According to Rogozin, with him in the hotel, among others, were the “chairman of the DPR government” Vitaly Hotsenko and the “head” of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko.

Earlier, the “head of the DPR” Denis Pushilin said that two people were killed as a result of shelling.