Ukraine, which did not take responsibility for Sunday’s attack, blamed “domestic terrorism” for the murder of Maxim Fomin, a Russian military blogger and cheerleader for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine who called himself Vladlen Tatarsky.
Darya Trepova, the 26-year-old Russian woman arrested over his murder, confessed in a video released by the interior ministry that she had brought in the figurine of a likeness of Tatarsky that exploded shortly afterwards, killing him.
But unconfirmed Russian media reports said she had told investigators that she had been set up, a narrative supported by her husband, and had not known the figurine contained a bomb. CCTV showed her carrying the packaged box into the cafe.
Footage of the event, which gathered supporters of Russia’s war in Ukraine, showed Tatarsky admiringly handling the figurine and showing it off to his audience before he was killed.
Footage of the moment the blast ripped through the cafe…
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