Sky News explains how Vladlen Tatarsky went from working as a coal miner to becoming one of the most prominent military bloggers in Russia, known for making 'extremely radical statements'.
He fled from custody after a Russia-backed separatist rebellion engulfed the Donbas in 2014, weeks after Moscow annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.Russian investigators and police officers stand at the side of the cafe where the explosion that killed Tatarsky took place
One of his most controversial statements was his support for attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, which he believed would result in more Ukrainian casualties, while he regularly referred to Ukraine as a"terrorist state" and advocated for its defeat. His online presence became well known as military bloggers have played an increasingly prominent and influential role in the circulation of information about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.