Link between Moscow terror attack and Ukrainian nationalists ‘confirmed’ – Russian security chief

Russian investigators have confirmed that there is a link between the perpetrators of last month’s terrorist attack in Moscow and Ukrainian nationalists, the secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev has said.

He reiterated Moscow’s suspicions about Ukraine’s role in the Crocus City Hall atrocity, in which over 140 people were killed.

“During the investigation, the link between the perpetrator of this terrorist attack and Ukrainian nationalists has been confirmed,” Patrushev said during a meeting of the body.

Four suspected gunmen were arrested in a Russian region bordering Ukraine hours after the mass murder they are being accused of. Russian officials previously described them as radical Islamist and claimed that a money trail connected them to Ukrainian nationalists. The group was reportedly instructed by their handler to get across the border.

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