Assassination Attempt Sends Ukrainian Rebel Figurehead to Russian Hospital

KIEV, Ukraine — A separatist figurehead from eastern Ukraine is unconscious and being treated in a Russian hospital after gunmen opened fire on his SUV, sending it crashing into a concrete pillar, according to local reports.

The attack on Pavel Gubarev, 31, comes as factions within the separatist group vie ahead of self-organized elections on Nov. 2 to decide on the new leadership of their fledgling quasi-states.

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Kiev has said it will not recognize the vote set to be held in several separatist-controlled cities throughout the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The government will hold its own national parliamentary elections a week earlier, on Oct. 26. Read more...

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