Russia accused Ukraine today (Monday) of involvement in the St. Petersburg cafe bombings that killed military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky and 30 others, 10 of whom were seriously injured.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website: "Kiev is involved in the terrorist act in a St. Petersburg cafe, which resulted in the fall of the military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky. This will be further evidence of Ukraine's use of terrorist means," adding: " The Russian security services are investigating this crime, and we are sure that all the accused will be punished.” For this flagrant terrorist act.” And the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee had announced that the committee had reclassified the criminal case, in the Petersburg explosion, as a “terrorist act,” and that the planning and organization of the assassination of Vladlin Tatarsky was from Ukraine. Based on the results of the preliminary investigation procedures, the criminal case related to the bombing of a cafe in St. Petersburg was reclassified to Part 3 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to be classified as a terrorist act. Ukraine.” The investigation committee confirmed that Daria Trepova was arrested on suspicion of committing the murder of journalist Tatarsky, and the necessary investigations are being conducted with her. She indicated that Daria Trepova holds dissenting views, supporting the extremist and banned Anti-Corruption Foundation in Russia. Yesterday (Sunday), an explosion occurred in the "Street Bar" cafe located in Building No. 25 on University Corniche Street (Universitytskaya Naberezhnaya) in downtown Petersburg. As a result, the military correspondent Maxim Fomin, known as Vladlin Tatarsky, was killed. The footage and the surveillance camera near the café showed the moment the suspect entered the café with the box that she presented to Tatarsky as one of his followers, and it contained a statue that was said to have been stuffed with an explosive device that exploded later, killing him and wounding 30 others, 10 Today, a source in the Russian Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of the suspect, Daria Trepova, and Russian media reported that the suspect in Tatarsky's murder had previously been arrested twice in opposition rallies in Petersburg, indicating that her husband had arrested a number of Previous times, the authorities are now searching for him, as he is suspected of coordinating the terrorist operation. On the other hand, John Kirby, coordinator of the National Security Council for Strategic Communications at the White House, said today that Ukraine is still fighting hard for Bakhmut, stressing The battle is not over yet.Kirby told reporters that the Ukrainians had not been expelled from the city, indicating that an additional aid package is expected to arrive to Ukraine this week.
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