More from our News Desk on the reported assassination attempt against Pavel Gubarev:
The former so-called "people's governor" of the separatist held Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine is in the hospital in serious condition after a reported attempt on his life.
Reports from Russian news agencies said unknown assailants fired on a vehicle that Pavel Gubarev was traveling in along the Rostov-On-Don-Donetsk highway early on October 13.
Gubarev 's vehicle went off the road and struck a tree.
Gubarev was found unconscious and taken to a hospital in Rostov-On-Don, where he is listed as being in critical condition.
Gubarev's wife, Yekaterina, said her husband was not hit by any bullets and that his injuries were from the collision.
More on Pavel Gubarev:
An excerpt from RFE/RL's "On The Front Lines In Donetsk, Life Is Both Normal -- And Far From It," an interview with Donetsk resident Enrique Menendez about what life is like in the city these days:
"There are four neighborhoods in Donetsk that are coming under regular artillery fire, and, of course, life is worse there. Utilities have been damaged; people have outages of power, water, gas supplies. But that's not happening in the center. All of the utilities in the center are working fine, except hot water. We have electricity. And people are looking for things to do to help escape the reality of what's going on. So the philharmonic is open, the theater season has begun. They've even opened one of the central movie theaters back up with a whole lineup of new films."
Read the entire interview here.