Car of Russian propagandist Prilepin blew up in Russia

In Russian Nizhny Novgorod, the car of propagandist Zakhar Prilepin was blown up. The writer was in the car at the time of the explosion.

Russian Telegram channels write about this.

Shot’s source reports that the car in which Prilepin was traveling exploded at 10:40. The driver Alexander died on the spot. Zakhar Prilepin himself was seriously injured, his legs were injured. In “Audi” they were two.

An explosive device was planted under the hood. The car overturned after the explosion. A crater under the car was formed approximately 1.5 meters in diameter and 0.7 meters deep. A helicopter is waiting on the spot.

Telegram channel Baza reports that Prilepin’s car exploded 50 km from the town of Bor. According to Baza, his daughter was with the writer - they went to the village of Pioneer. She got out of the car a few minutes before the explosion.

According to the Russian edition of RBC, quoted by Bild, Prilepin was returning to Moscow in the morning from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. His car crossed one of the checkpoints in the border area. On the way, the propagandist stopped to eat at a cafe in the Nizhny Novgorod region, and after he continued to move, an explosion occurred.

According to preliminary information, the suspects in the organization of the explosion accompanied the propagandist’s car already on the territory of Russia.

Recall that Prilepin is a well-known Russian writer, propagandist, who has supported the separatists since 2014 and actively advocates for the war. In January, it was reported that Prilepin signed a contract with the National Guard and went to fight in Ukraine.