According to the news agency, the Russian writer's car was targeted in a rural area 400 km from the capital Moscow - Photo: Screengrab
According to the news agency, the Russian writer’s car was targeted in a rural area 400 km from the capital Moscow – Photo: Screengrab

Prominent Russian nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin was injured and the driver was killed in a car bombing in Russia.

Russia has declared the car bombing as terrorism and blamed Ukraine for the attack.

According to the news agency, the Russian writer’s car was targeted in a rural area 400 kilometers from the capital Moscow.

The Russian Interior Ministry says that the suspect involved in the car bombing has been detained.

On the other hand, the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said in a statement that Ukraine and Western forces are involved in the car bombing.

It should be noted that the Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin is known as one of the major supporters of the Russian attack on Ukraine. Before that, a journalist and a blogger supporting the Ukrainian war in Russia have also been killed in an assassination attack, both of which were blamed by Russia. imposed on Ukraine.