MOSCOW, October 23. /TASS/. War correspondent Semyon Pegov was wounded by a Lepestok anti-personnel mine in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), his life is out of danger, Rodion Miroshnik, head of the mission of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) to Moscow, said on Sunday.

"Semyon Pegov tripped a Lepestok mine in Donetsk. He was taken to hospital," he wrote on his Telegram channel. "He has fractures of two toes and explosive-type wounds in the sole of his foot. His life is out of danger."

Andrey Boryak, director of the Republican Trauma Center in Donetsk, told TASS earlier that Pegov was undergoing surgery and would be able to walk after the treatment.