Denis Pushilin, the administrator of Russian-controlled areas in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, said Alexander Nikulin was wounded late Friday in the town of Vukhlehirsk, northeast of Donetsk city. “The Ukrainian regime continues to demonstrate its vile terrorist methods,” Pushilin wrote on Telegram. Doctors assessed that Nikulin is in a serious but stable condition, he added. In June, Nikulin handed down death sentences to two Britons and a Moroccan captured while fighting for Ukraine, ruling that they had tried to overthrow local authorities. The three men, whom Pushilin described as “Nazi war criminals”, were released in September as part of a major prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia. Several officials installed by Russia have been killed and wounded in recent months in apparent assassination attempts. Report by David Ljunggren. Editor: Daniel Wallis Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
