A judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Donetsk (DNR), a region annexed at the end of September by Moscow in eastern Ukraine, was wounded by bullets and is “in serious condition“, announced on Saturday the Russian occupation authorities. “On the evening of November 4, 2022, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (…) received a message about an assassination attempt in the city of Vouglegirsk against the judge of the Supreme Court of the DNR Alexander Nikulin“, announced the ministry, authority installed by Moscow.
“The victim was shot“, According to the press release, which specifies that Alexander Nikouline “is in serious condition“. The Interior Ministry of the occupied Donetsk region, however, did not give more details on the modus operandi, nor the reasons for this attack.
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“His condition is assessed by doctors as serious.“, also confirmed on Telegram a senior official of the Russian occupation authority, Denis Pushilin. According to him, Alexander Nikulin “convicted Nazi war criminalsreferring to the kyiv regime with the terminology used by the Kremlin to justify the Russian offensive in Ukraine at the end of February.
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