Top Putin propogandist left fighting for his life after mysterious crash involving all-terrain vehicle leaves him with 'traumatic brain injury and broken neck'

A cardinal Putin propagandist was successful a sedate information fighting for his life aft a mysterious mishap involving an all-terrain vehicle, according to reports.

Alexei Kostylev, 39, editor-in-chief of pro-war Kremlin-funded Readovka news outlet, suffered aggregate superior injuries successful Smolensk region.

Reports said that Kostylev - who besides ran a 'patriotic' manner marque which produces Stalin-style jackets — had suffered a 'traumatic encephalon injury, cerebral haemorrhage, surgery legs and a fractured neck'.

He was reported to beryllium successful a coma.

Following emergency surgery, he was rushed to Moscow for further treatment.

Independent media SOTAvision said Kostylev had been riding an ATV opinionated up, astatine highly precocious speed.

'He flipped complete aft hitting a bump successful nan road, and nan ATV past fell connected him.

'Local residents ran to nan segment and pulled nan ATV disconnected nan man.

'The SOTAvision analogous was told that he was unrecognisable - his look was truthful erased.'

There was nary independent confirmation of this report.

His staunchly pro-Kremlin, anti-Western news outlet Readovka pinch almost 2.8 cardinal followers, said: 'We definitive our gratitude to everyone who does not dispersed 'versions' from unconfirmed sources.

'We will support you informed astir Alexei's condition.'

Another Telegram transmission pinch links to nan information services - VChK-OGPU - reported that no-one had seen nan clang which came aft Kostylev had overtaken aides connected an ATV.

It besides reported that locals had travel to assistance nan sticken propagandist.

The clang came arsenic he was visiting nan family of Vitaly and Svetlana Morozov, who near Latvia pinch 10 children to unrecorded successful a colony successful nan Smolensk region of Russia.

The intent of nan travel was to make 'propaganda' videos featuring a family who deserted nan West to unrecorded successful Putin's Russia, said VChK-OGPU, which added that doctors had insisted Kostylev was moved by roadworthy not aerial to Moscow.

Readovka later reported: 'Alexei was quickly taken to nan location objective infirmary successful Smolensk.

'In nan morning, it was decided to carrier nan laminitis of nan media holding Readovka to Moscow, wherever he arrived for further treatment.'

The outlet said: 'Our thoughts and prayers are pinch our editor-in-chief Alexei.

'We will support you updated pinch each operational information. An indomitable tone will flooded anything.'

Readovka was primitively founded by Kostylev successful Smolensk region but later went nationalist and by 2021 came nether nan sway of shadowy Yevgeny Prigozhin, who besides owned nan Wagner backstage service and was killed past twelvemonth successful a level crash.

The Readovka Telegram transmission is seen arsenic a cardinal instrumentality of nan Kremlin during nan war.

Versions of nan clang were removed from section news websites and nan location Interior Ministry said it had nary grounds of nan incident successful which Kostylev was injured successful Rukhan village, immoderate 90 miles from Smolensk metropolis successful occidental Russia.

His manner outlet - 24 New Russian Brand - specialises successful Russian and Soviet inspired men's clothing.