A car carrying Russian propagandist Zakhar Prilepin was blown up in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Prilepin received leg injuries and the driver was killed.

Prilepin was seriously injured and the driver was killed

Prilepin's press service reported that 'he is fine'

The blast was 'quite powerful', forming a crater at the site of explosion

A car explosion injured Zakhar Prilepin on May 6 in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast; he was reported to be in a medically induced coma.

Atesh, a Crimean Tatar partisan movement, claimed responsibility for the attack, though this has not been independently confirmed or denied.

Around 11 a.m. Moscow time on May 6, 2023, a blast partially destroyed a car in the Nizhny Novgorod region. In the car were Zakhar Prilepin who was injured and his driver who died in the explosion.

The car of Zakhar Prilepin was blown up in the Nizhny Novgorod region; the driver died and Prilepin sustained injuries.