Pro-Kremlin Writer Injured in Deadly Car Bombing in Russia

Pro-Kremlin writer Zakhar Prilepin was seriously injured in a car explosion in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, which killed the driver. A Ukrainian suspect has been detained, and the investigation is ongoing. Prilepin is a supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin and has bragged about his military involvement in the reunification of Ukraine with Russia. He is the third proponent of Russia’s Ukrainian invasion to have been targeted in an explosive attack since the war started in 2022. The Russian Foreign Ministry called the explosion a “terrorist bombing,” while blaming Ukraine and claiming that “Washington and NATO have nursed yet another international terrorist cell.”