Car explosion in Novomoskovsk: A veteran of the war with Ukraine died

On Friday, in the city of Novomoskovsk in the Tula Oblast in western Russia, a car exploded in which - according to Russian media - a veteran of the war with Ukraine was driving. This was evidenced by the fact that Rosgvardiya officers and vehicles with Ministry of Defense license plates arrived at the scene.

It turned out that Roman Syromyatnikov died as a result of the explosion - the information about the death of a man with that name was confirmed by a newspaper from Novomoskovsk.

A well-informed Russian Telegram channel, VChK-OGPU, reported that the bomb was planted under the vehicle on the driver's side.

Ukraine accused him of torturing prisoners of war

Roman Syromyatnikov has been working in prisons of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Tula Oblast since 2010. In 2023, he signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense, and at the end of 2024 he returned to the Tula Oblast for treatment, the Vazhnye istorii website reported, adding that it is not known how the man retired from the armed forces.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine accused him of torturing Ukrainian prisoners of war held in penal colony No. 1 in the Tula Oblast in 2022.

The Ukrainian services alleged that the man and his colleagues beat prisoners with their hands, legs, rubber batons, plastic pipes and hammers during morning and evening roll calls, and also used stun guns on them.