we start with the developing news that russia says a pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast in a cafe in st petersburg. police say 16 others have been injured in the incident. the city is the second largest in russia after the capital, moscow. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the front line and was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. it is not clear at this time who s responsible for the blast. these are live pictures from the scene, where there is a security presence further down the street, as you can see. it has been cordoned off. but at the moment, the scene is pretty clear. let s get the latest on this. i m joined now by sergei goryashko, a journalist at bbc russian. welcome to you. tell us what more we know about this. we welcome to you. tell us what more we know about this. know about this. we already know that those who know about this. we already know that those who suffered
in the cafe were 25 people, according to local authorities. there are different leaks about what actually caused the blast, and according to one of them, tatarsky has been given a sculpture of himself, actually, a golden bust, and just minutes after he was presented this thing, the blast occurred, and according to multiple sources, it was a woman who gave it to him, but it is not clear yet whether it was exactly that which caused the explosion, whether this bomb was inside that sculpture. we do know that, for now, local authorities do not confirm that anyone else died in that attack, and russian investigators are already following different needs about what has happened, why there was not enough security measures in that cafe. , ., ., cafe. and tell us more about the bloc cer. cafe. and tell us more about the blogger- who cafe. and tell us more about the blogger. who was cafe. and tell us more about the blogger. who was he? cafe. and tell us more about the blogger. who was he?
we start with the developing news that russia says a pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast in a cafe in st petersburg. police say 16 others have been injured in the incident. the city is the second largest in russia after the capital, moscow. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the front line and was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. it is not clear at this time who s responsible for the blast. these are live pictures from the scene, where there is a security presence further down the street, as you can see. it has been cordoned off. but at the moment, the scene is pretty clear. let s get the latest on this. i m joined now by sergei goryashko, a journalist at bbc russian. welcome to you. tell us what more we know about this. we welcome to you. tell us what more we know about this. know about this. we already know that those who know about this. we already know that those who suffered know abou