Head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin. Archival photoMOSCOW, 1 Jun. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, denied reports of his injury spread by the Ukrainian media.
"Everything is in order. The governor of St. Petersburg and I were in Mariupol today. There was a signing of twinning between Mariupol and St. Petersburg, with Alexander Dmitrievich (Beglov — Approx. ed.) We feel quite good", he said in an interview with RT.
Earlier, the Ukrainian TV channel TSN, citing an adviser to the head The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Viktor Andrusiv announced the wounding of the head of the republic in Krasny Liman. On May 28, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, announced the liberation of Krasny Liman from Ukrainian nationalists. Russia launched a special operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the main tasks of the first stage have already been completed — Ukraine's combat potential has been significantly reduced. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.