In [1] Dronov and Kaplitzki showed that every complemented subspace of a nuclear Köthe space E with a regular basis of type (d 1 ) has a basis so, in particular, solving the long standing problem whether any complemented subspace of the space (s) of rapidly decreasing sequences has a basis. We present a slightly modified version of their proof which shows that the range of every closed-range operator in E has a basis. Let λ(A) be a nuclear Köthe space a regular basis of type (d 1 ). The latter means that E has property (DN). Without restriction of generality we may assume: