Dmitry Rogozin, head of the military advisory group and the Tsarskie Wolves scientific and technical center, said that his deputy, Mikhail Bridasov, died as a result of the shelling in Donetsk. It has been reported TASS.
“My comrade and assistant Mikhail Bridasov, who was a special forces officer in the recent past, has died,” the message reads.
Rogozin added that he plans to return to the front when he recovers.
It was learned that on 22 December, the Shesh-Besh hotel in Donetsk came under fire. In this hotel on the outskirts of the city has lived in recent months a group of military advisers led by Rogozin, the former head of Roscosmos. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported that the shelling was carried out by armed Ukrainian formations. Two people died as a result of the bombardment. According to State Duma deputy Alexei Zhuravlev, the hotel was shot on by someone’s order.
Rogozin’s assistant later declarationHe said the doctors could not remove the piece of landmine that had lodged in his spine.