Two powerful allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that they believed Ukraine was involved in the attack on a concert hall just outside Moscow that killed at least 139 people and wounded 180 others.
Ukraine has repeatedly denied any involvement and Islamic State, the militant group that once sought control over swathes of Iraq and Syria, claimed responsibility for the attack. News outlet SHOT published a video of an exchange in which a reporter asked Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, whether it was “ISIS or Ukraine?” “Of course Ukraine,” Patrushev replied. Asked about the remark later, he said there were “many” indications of Ukraine’s involvement.
The FSB had information indicating the involvement of Ukraine in the attack, he said. He offered no evidence for his assertions, but cited the alleged attempted escape of the gunmen towards Ukraine. But Bortnikov said the FSB had yet to identify who specifically ordered the attack. The remarks by Patrushev and Bortnikov offer an insight into hawkish thinking at the top of the Kremlin elite.
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