Explosion in St. Petersburg: The last post of a pro-Putin military blogger before he died in the explosion

Russian Vladlen Tatarsky, real name Maxim Fomin, was killed in an explosion in St Petersburg earlier today amid reports state of a bomb hidden in a gift he had received moments before< /p> Blogger Maxim Fomin, known as Vladlen Tatarskiy, was killed in Russia (

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A military blogger killed in an explosion at a St. Petersburg cafe posted 'it would be nice' if Russian forces were armed with drones hours before his death.

Russian Vladlen Tatarsky, real name Maxim Fomin, was reportedly giving a lecture when he died in the incident in the city, which also injured 16 other people, earlier in the day.

Law enforcement officers told Russian news agency TASS that “an improvised explosive device exploded in a cafe in St. Petersburg was stuffed with submunitions.”

A small improvised device was reportedly hidden in a statue presented to the blogger as a gift moments before it exploded in the Street Bar cafe.

His last message, sent at 2:00 p.m. UK time, read: "On the preparation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive.

Tatarsky is said to have given a lecture when the explosion destroyed the building (

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