A car reportedly exploded while in motion in Novomoskovsk, Tula Oblast, Russia, killing the driver, identified by Russian and independent media as Roman Syromiatnikov, a former employee of the Russian penitentiary system and participant in the war against Ukraine. The explosion occurred on the morning of October 2, on Druzhby Street.

Eyewitnesses reported that the car continued to move by inertia after the explosion before crashing into a pole. A local publication, "Novomoskovsk today," published an obituary for Syromiatnikov on October 3.