More from RFE/RL's News Desk on the attack against Plotnitsky:
Ukraine Separatist Leader Injured In Attack
The leader of a Russia-backed separatist group in eastern Ukraine has been injured in an assassination attempt, the separatists say.
Igor Plotnitsky, the head of a group that calls itself the Luhansk People's Republic, "was wounded this morning as a result of a powerful explosion that occurred near his car," the official separatists' news agency reported on August 6.
The report said Plotnitsky was being treated at a local hospital along with several other people who suffered injuries in the blast in the city of Luhansk.
A top official in the group, Serhiy Kozlov, said Plotnitsky was in stable condition and that there is no threat to his life.
Fighting between Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk has killed more than 9,500 people since April 2014.
Based on reporting by AFP, TASS, and Interfax
Here is today's map of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council (CLICK TO ENLARGE):
