Russia accuses Ukraine of blowing up war blogger Tatarsky, arrests woman

Darya Trepova, suspected of bringing explosives to the cafe where war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maxim Fomin) was killed in an explosion the day before, speaks on camera during her arrest in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, in this still image taken from video released April 3, 2023. Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) -Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of organising the murder of a prominent war blogger in a St Petersburg cafe and arrested a young Russian woman shown in a police video admitting delivering the bomb that killed him and injured over 30 others.

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.