Lugansk People’s Republic Acting Interior Minister Igor Kornet who was wounded in a terrorist attack in central Lugansk has been taken to a Moscow hospital, and another seven people are receiving treatment in Lugansk hospitals, said LPR Healthcare Minister Natalia Pashchenko.
“LPR Acting Interior Minister is in a hospital in Moscow,” Pashchenko said adding that the 17-year-old boy wounded in the terrorist attack had been transferred to the Lugansk Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital.
Doctors have teleconsultations with their colleagues from federal Russian hospitals every day. “Four people are still in critical condition; three of them are in Lugansk hospitals,” she said.
Eight people including Kornet were wounded in the terrorist attack in central Lugansk on May 15.
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The Ukrainian government launched the so-called anti-terrorist operation against Donbass in April 2014. The peace talks failed to reach tangible results due to Kiev’s position to settle the conflict by force.
The Lugansk People’s Republic acceded to Russia on September 30, 2022 following the unification referendum.*i*ie
