The former Russian MP Ilya Ponomarev was taken to hospital following the strike
Ilya Ponomarev, who represented the Just Russia party in parliament before fleeing the country in 2019, posted photos of his bloody face after the attack.
“The thing exploded very hard, right in front of the doorstep of the house, and a bunch of shrapnel flew at me,” said the dissident, 48. “The fire was quickly put out by the security guards, but there was a lot of blood, and I had to go to the hospital quickly.” The account was corroborated by Ukrainian authorities and state media. Mr Ponomarev, who acts as spokesperson for the Freedom of Russia legion, a unit of Russian defectors“Our task is to make them regret this mistake,” he said. “Efforts on the front, and on the partisans, and on sanctions will not double, but tenfold,” he said.reported that Mr Ponomarev’s home was targeted by three drones the previous night but they were shot down by air defence systems causing “insignificant” damage.
Ukrainian authorities reported on Thursday that two people had been injured and two homes damaged in Kyiv by Russian drones, a day after they said a barrage of 87 drones had been fired at the capital in one of Russia’s largest attacks of the war.
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