Zakhar Prilepin's Audi Q7 car was blown up in Nizhny Novgorod, he was inside at that moment. This is reported by the state media: TASS, RIA Novosti , RBC, Izvest, as well as Telegram channels, including Baza.
According to the agency, the writer survived but was injured. The Telegram channel Mash writes that Prilepin is in serious condition, both of his legs are broken. According to the channel, the explosion occurred at about 10.40 am near the city of Bor, Nizhny Novgorod region. Previously, the IED was activated remotely, Prilepin was followed and waited for his daughter to get out of the car. After the detonation, the car overturned.
WarGonzo also claims that Prilepin's daughter was in the car with Prilepin. The girl managed to get out of the car before the explosion, she was not injured. The channel also reports that the explosion killed Prilepin's personal security guard, "a friend of the WarGonzo project" call sign "Evil". Mash clarifies that this is "a citizen of Ukraine named Alexander."
In 2014, after the annexation of Crimea, Prilepin said that he had rethought his attitude towards the modern Russian government, declared a “personal truce” and the absence of “the slightest inducement to confrontation” to it. From 2016 to 2018, Prilepin took part in hostilities in eastern Ukraine. In February 2022, the European Union imposed personal sanctions against Prilepin, who previously signed a letter supporting the Russian invasion. In January 2023, Prilepin signed a contract with the Federal Service of National Guard Troops and went to war in Ukraine.
In 2019, Zakhar Prilepin said in an interview: “No matter what they say, I managed a combat unit that killed people. In large quantities. I know this well, and how can I deal with it later?.. These people just died, they just lie in the ground, they are simply killed. And there are many. It's just that not a single unit from the Donetsk battalions could compare with my battalion in terms of performance. Everything that we did was a goofy mess that we did. This makes me especially laugh in the context of attacks on me.
