A top rebel politician in eastern Ukraine, Pavel Gubarev, is unconscious in hospital after gunmen fired at his car and it crashed into a pillar, reports GHN based on BBC.
Sources in Mr Gubarev's pro-Russian "Novorossiya" movement said his car was attacked in the Donetsk region, en route from Rostov-on-Don in Russia.
He is now in a Rostov hospital. Reports say fellow rebels in the car at the time were not injured.
Rebels hold a large part of the region.
Few details about the attack on Mr Gubarev's car were given in the reports.
His wife Yekaterina, quoted by Russia's Tass news agency, said he did not have any bullet wounds and his injuries resulted from the car's collision with the pillar.
In February Mr Gubarev led the occupation of the Donetsk regional administration building by hundreds of pro-Russian activists.
The activists declared a "People's Republic of Donetsk" and he adopted the title of "governor". In April fighting erupted between the rebels and Ukrainian government forces.
A fragile ceasefire agreed on 5 September is generally holding, but clashes have continued in some areas, especially around Donetsk airport.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is expected to hold talks on the crisis with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Milan later this week. He was quoted on his website as saying he was under no illusions.
"These talks won't be easy, but I am ready for them," he said.
