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OSCE Publishes Spot Report on Attempted Assassination of LPR's Head

© AFP 2023 / ANATOLII STEPANOVMembers of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) stand in the village of Shyrokyne, Donetsk region on July 4, 2015
Members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) stand in the village of Shyrokyne, Donetsk region on July 4, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) has published a spot report on an attempted assassination of Igor Plotnitsky, the head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic, the OSCE press service said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Saturday, Plotnitsky's car was hit by a blast. He sustained non-life threatening injuries.

Igor Plotnitsky - Sputnik International
Lugansk People's Republic Head Accuses Ukraine of Assassination Attempt

"… the SMM could assess from a distance of approximately 15-30 meters, that an explosion had likely been caused by an improvised explosive device (assessed as approximately 1kg of high explosives) placed next to or in, a lamp post about two meters away from the vehicle, which was damaged and downed, at the side of the road," the report reads.

Plotnitsky accused the Ukrainian government of the failed attack against him.

The eastern Ukrainian regions of Lugansk and Donetsk do not acknowledge the legitimacy of the government in Kiev that came to power after a February 2014 coup in Ukraine. The new Kiev regime launched a military operation against eastern Ukraine in April 2014 but failed to regain control over the breakaway territories.

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