Russian spy chief claims Ukraine directly involved in Moscow concert hall attack

head of Russia ’s Federal Security Service says Kiev had key role in assault that killed more than 140 peopleEmergency services personnel work at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, after an attack last March claimed by Islamic militants.

Russia has made such allegations before. Mr Bortnikov did not provide evidence to underpin his assertion. “The investigation is ongoing, but it is already safe to say that Ukrainian military intelligence is directly involved in this attack,” the state news agency quoted him as saying. He also accused the Nato military alliance of facilitating the transfer of “mercenaries and militants of international terrorist organisations from the Middle East, North Africa and Afghanistan” to Ukraine so that they could fight against Russian forces there.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the concert hall massacre in March and US officials said they had intelligence showing it was carried out by the network’s Afghan branch, Islamic State Khorasan.Mr Bortnikov was cited by TASS as saying that Islamic State Khorasan had played a role in coordinating the attackers’ actions and that Ukrainian military intelligence had also played a direct role.

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