They blew up the car with Zakhar Prilepin: the writer was injured, his driver died 06/05/2023, 13:05

The attack took place in the village of Pionerskoye. Prilepin entered Russia from Donbass. He was heading to relatives in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The Audi Q7 car was blown up at around 11 am. The driver died on the spot and the writer was seriously injured – he was wounded in the leg.

As it turned out, an explosive device was placed under the hood of the car: its load capacity was equivalent to at least 2.5 kilograms. After the explosion, the car overturned and a funnel with a diameter of about one and a half meters was formed. under it.

It is known that Prilepin and the driver, who was a citizen of Ukraine, were alone in the car. Zakhara’s daughter got out of the car just a few minutes before the explosion: she was dropped off at the cottage. After that, the writer drove about 200 meters and the car exploded.

Checkpoints were set up in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The writer himself was taken to the nearest hospital. Prilepin is conscious. A disaster management helicopter was requested to transport the victim to a hospital in Nizhny Novgorod.

Prilepin’s wife said that he was constantly threatened, but nothing special has been happening lately.

Zakhar Prilepin is known both in Russia and abroad for his humanitarian and military activities. Since 2016, he has been a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. In February last year, the writer came under sanctions from the United Kingdom, the European Union and other states. Between 2015 and 2018, he participated in the conflict in Donbass. This year, the columnist signed a contract with the Russian Guard and left for the NVO zone, refusing the mandate of a deputy.

Last year, Zakhar Prilepin made a statement about Ivan Urgant. The writer said that the TV presenter is ready to broadcast. Urgently to be put on the list of alleged “agents of foreign influence”. The initiators of the creation of this list were the party Just Russia – For Truth, and the main ideologist of the initiative group for the investigation of anti-Russian activities (GRAD) was Zakhar Prilepin.