Russian Nationalist Author Prilepin Wounded in Automobile Bombing – TASS
(Reuters) – A outstanding Russian nationalist author, Zakhar Prilepin, was wounded in a automobile bombing within the area of Nizhny Novgorod on Saturday, state information company TASS stated, in an assault that Russia instantly blamed on Ukraine and the West.
TASS quoted a supply within the emergency companies as saying the author’s automobile was blown up. “He survived, however was wounded and is acutely aware,” the supply was quoted as saying.
No additional particulars had been instantly out there.
Russian International Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram: “The actual fact has come true: Washington and NATO fed one other worldwide terrorist cell – the Kyiv regime.”
She stated it was the “direct accountability of the U.S. and Britain”, however offered no proof to assist the accusation.
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“We pray for Zakhar,” she stated.
Two main pro-war Russian propagandists have been killed in bombings since Russia invaded Ukraine in February final yr.
Darya Dugina, the daughter of a nationalist ideologue, died in a automobile bombing close to Moscow in August, whereas army blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in a bomb assault in a St Petersburg cafe final month.
(Reporting by Reuters; Enhancing by Peter Graff and Frances Kerry)
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