- A judge in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) was shot Friday.
- Alexander Nikulin, a self-declared Supreme Court of the DPR, convicted three foreign fighters in June.
- The group was freed as part of a prisoner exchange.
A Russia-appointed judge in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has been hospitalized in “serious condition” after getting shot in an alleged assassination attempt Friday, according to the separatist group’s Ministry of Internal Affairs.
“Doctors are fighting for his life,” the ministry said in a statement.
In June, Alexander Nikulin, a self-declared Supreme Court of the DPR, convicted Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner, and Brahim Saadoun, three foreign fighters. Since then, the group was freed as part of a prisoner exchange.
While claiming to be identifying suspects, the separatist organization accused Ukraine of carrying out the purported murder attempt.
“The Ukrainian regime continues to display its dastardly terrorist methods. Last night, November 4, an assassination attempt was made with the use of firearms on the judge of the Supreme Court of the DPR Alexander Nikulin in Uglegorsk,” the leader of the self-proclaimed republic, Denis Pushilin, said on Telegram.
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