The Security Service of Ukraine reported this.
A 32-year-old Russian national was guarding Prilepin during his trips to the temporarily occupied part of the Luhansk region.
Before the full-scale war began, he fought as a scout in the "Zarya" battalion, and since February 24, 2022, he participated in the capture of parts of the Luhansk region.
He has been informed of suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: participation in a terrorist organization (part 1 of article 258-3) and encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine (part 2 of article 110). For this, he could face life imprisonment.
In addition to him, three residents of the Luhansk region were captured, who assisted the Russians in seizing Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, and Rubizhne as part of the 88th and 2nd motorized rifle brigades. The other two, from the occupied territory of the Donetsk region, surrendered themselves near Toretsk.
Previously, one of them fought in the areas of Bakhmut and Pokrovsk, while the other shelled the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlements of Pisky and Ozyarivka.
All five are suspected of treason (parts 1, 2 of article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) and collaborative activities (part 7 of article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). They face life imprisonment, just like Prilepin's guard.
He is a Russian propagandist, writer, and politician. He is a member of the political council of the "Just Russia" party, and until 2018, he was part of the National Bolshevik Party of Russia. He is on the list of individuals posing a threat to Ukraine's national security.
Prilepin has been visiting the territory of the Donetsk region controlled by militants since 2014 and has held several "positions." For example, in 2015, he was an "advisor" to the leader of the "DPR," Alexander Zakharchenko, and from 2016 to 2018, he served as the "deputy commander of the special forces battalion for personnel work in the 'DPR' army."
On May 6, 2023, in Russia, his car was blown up. The driver, Alexander Shubin, with the call sign Zloy, was killed, while Prilepin was injured and, according to the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasyl Malyuk, "was left without genitals."
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia showed a detained suspect, who confessed to being a propagandist working on behalf of the Ukrainian special services. However, the SBU did not officially confirm or deny its involvement in the car explosion at that time.