A car bomb attack in Nizhny Novgorod seriously wounded Russian pro-war writer Zakhar Prilepin and killed his driver.
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The car bomb attack occurred in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod and resulted in both of Prilepin's legs being broken, among other injuries. It also killed Prilepin's driver.
Explosion injured pro-Kremlin writer Zakhar Prilepin
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