LUHANSK (Sputnik) – An explosion hit the car of Igor Plotnitsky, head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), the republic’s police said on Saturday.
"An explosion took place in Lugansk today, a car of the LPR head, Igor Plotnitsky, was damaged," police told RIA Novosti.
Leader of pro-Russian militants Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), Igor Plotnitsky — car blown up —RIA Novosti |EMPR pic.twitter.com/AwCaVeTMjH
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Two people are said to have sustained injuries. There is no information whether Plotnitsky was in the car at the moment of the blast.
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