The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will be in Paris today for a working lunch with the French President Emmanuel Macron. «They will discuss topical issues, including Russia’s war against Ukraine, energy and the Preparations for her trip to Chinaincluding the joint meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jinping», says commission spokesman Eric Mamer. As already announced, a trilateral meeting with von der Leyen, Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping will take place in Beijing next Thursday. Meanwhile the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy he reiterates that this week will be “particularly important for our defence, for our movement towards victory”. Terror yesterday in the northern capital of Russia, where A bomb exploded in a room in central St. Petersburgkilled the nationalist blogger Vladlen Tatarski and at least 30 other people injured. A woman arrested Darya Tryopova, who is suspected of being involved in the bombing. To Tatarsky, the founder of the Wagner militia Yevgeny Prigozhin According to Tass reports, he dedicated the capture to Bakhmut.
Tatarsky the bomb hidden in a gift for the blogger
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The Story – Bomb in St. Petersburg, Kiev: “They eat like spiders”
The analysis – Ukrainian trace or nationalist feud: It’s not just any attack
The portrait – Tatarsky, the ultra-nationalist military blogger around Wagner and Kremlin critics
08:00
LPN-Russia: Isw, Tatarsky Blogger Murder Reveals Kremlin Treaties
“Fomin’s assassination in a Wagner-related bar in St. Petersburg could reveal further rifts within the Kremlin and its inner circle. Fomin was a critic of the Russian military command and the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD). His death marks the first high.” -Profile killing of an ultra-nationalist blogger in Russia since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.” This was written by analysts at the American think tank ISW (Institute for War Studies) following the death in a bar of Russian ultra-nationalist military blogger Maksim Fomin, known as Vladlen Tatarsky , owned by Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, in St. Pietroburgo.
07:59
Bomb in St. Petersburg, 32 injured
The number of people injured in yesterday’s explosion at a St. Petersburg cafe where military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, real name Maksim Fomin, was sitting, has risen to 32. According to reports by the Russian agency RIA Novosti 10 of the wounded are in serious condition. According to Anton Gerashenko, adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, the location is said to have been attributed in the past to Yevgheny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenaries. According to the investigators, at least 200 grams of explosives were used, hidden in a statuette. The explosion devastated the room and also shattered the windows. Fomin, followed by over 560,000 people on Telegram, was known for his pro-Putin positions and unwavering support for the invasion of Ukraine and had appeared as a guest of the pro-war group called Cyber Front Z. The Russian authorities have opened a murder investigation.
07:42
German Vice Chancellor arrives in Kiev
German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck arrived in Kiev today, accompanied by a small delegation of businessmen. The visit focused on development and cooperation in the energy sector. The goal is “to give Ukraine hope” to rebuild the country after the war, said Habek, who is also Minister for Economic Affairs. Among the entrepreneurs who arrived in Kiev today was Siegfried Russwurm, President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), who described the operation as “a signal to the Ukrainians that German industry is on their side”.
02:18
Kiev, army, we’re still in control of Bakhmut
The Ukrainian army says it is still in control of the eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmout, which Russian paramilitary group Wagner technically took by raising the Russian flag over the city hall. “The enemy continues to attack Bakhmout – writes the Kiev General Staff on its Facebook page – but the Ukrainian defenders are boldly defending the city and repelling numerous attacks.”
00:12
The Wagner Group dedicates the victory to the blogger Tatarsky
Russian paramilitary group Wagner has taken over the disputed town of Bakhmut: the same group founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin publicized it on social media. As evidence of the announcement, the image of the Municipal Building waving a flag paying homage to Russian blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, victim of an attack in St. Petersburg today, is shown.
You will not believe it, but Prigozhin “caught” Bakhmut again.
“April 2, 2023, 23:00. We raised a Russian flag with the inscription “Good memory of Vladlen Tatarsky” and the flag of the PMC “Wagner” on the Bakhmut city hall. Legally, #Bachmut is taken. The enemy… pic.twitter.com/hJLXv4RehK
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 2, 2023
00:07
Prigozhin: Bakhmut captured, Russian flag in the town hall
The Russian flag is hoisted over the administrative building in Artemovsk (the Russian name for Bakhmut). This was announced by the founder of the Wagner militia, Yevgeny Prigozhin, according to TASS reports. “2. April, 11:00 p.m. sharp. Behind me is the building of the city administration (Artemovsk). This is the Russian flag in memory of Vladlen Tatarsky who died in an explosion in St. Petersburg. We took Bakhmut with us,” said Prigozhin. “The enemy stayed in the western quarters,” Prigozhin added.