On 15 July 2022 Rogozin was dismissed from the position of the head of Roscosmos, former Vice Prime Minister Yury Borisov was appointed as his successor.[45] In October 2022, the Executive Director of Human Spaceflight Programs at Roscosmos, Sergei Krikalev confirmed the reason for Rogozin’s dismissal was to ease tensions. [46]
On 21 December 2022, whilst celebrating his 59th birthday in a restaurant in Donetsk, Rogozin and Vitaliy Khotsenko, the chairman on the self proclaimed separatist Donetsk People’s Republic, received shrapnel injuries from the explosion of a precision munition fired by Ukraine.[47][48] He has allegedly had his genitals mutilated. [49]
Wikipedia の引用元になっている上の記事によると、現場では死者も出ていて、ロゴジンは爆弾の破片で頭部に軽傷、臀部と左大腿部に破片が刺さり、股間にも負傷。性器を切除する危機に瀕しているとのこと。Ukraine 365 というテレグラムのチャンネルが情報の出所とのことで、どのくらい信頼できるのかはよく分からない。