One person has died and at least 25 people have been injured in a blast in a cafe in St Petersburg, Russia.
Pro-war Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in the explosion, the Russian interior ministry said.
Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, had more than 560,000 followers on Telegram and was one of the most prominent of the influential military bloggers who have provided an often critical running commentary on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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There has been no confirmation of who was responsible for the destruction at the “Street Bar” cafe in Russia’s second-largest city.
A leading Russian official pointed the finger at Ukraine, without providing evidence. The claim was rebuffed by Kyiv.
See also this story about Ukraine’s assasination by means of a car bomb of the 29-year-old daughter of another blogger last year. Ukraine should be designated a State sponsor of Terrorism.