٠٠:٠٤:٥١Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Head Alexander Bortnikov alleged that Ukraine had been 'training militants in the Middle East', following the Crocus City Hall attack last week, speaking in Moscow on Tuesday.
"The Ukrainian side has been studying and training militants in the Middle East. What we know about this is that they travelled to the locations of terrorists, worked with them and trained them. An example of this is a large number of citizens of various ethnicities who are fighting on the side of the Kiev regime. I mean, it's nationalists, it's mercenaries, it's Islamists that the Ukrainian side is involved in combat operations in the Russian direction," Bortnikov said.
The Russian FSB head also highlighted that it was currently impossible to definitively identify the masterminds behind the planning and execution of the attack.
"The commissioner [of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall] has not yet been identified. So we understand and see those who organised this process, here, who recruited and set specific tasks. In the future, we will do everything necessary to identify the direct organisers and specific customers," Bortnikov added.
Late on Friday, March 22, unidentified individuals dressed in military fatigues opened fire in the Crocus City Hall, a 6,000-seat multipurpose concert hall where a Russian rock band was set to perform. A massive fire broke out in the building shortly after.
At time of publication, 139 people were reported to have been killed. On Sunday, March 24, the Basmanny Court of Moscow ordered a number of suspects to be remanded in custody until May 22, on charges of 'terrorism'.
President Vladimir Putin declared a day of mourning and described the attack as a 'barbaric terrorist act' in a televised address on Saturday, adding that the suspects had been detained close to the border.
"They tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them from the Ukrainian side to cross the state border," Putin said.
On Monday, he said that 'radical Islamists' were responsible but also hit out at the US for 'trying through various channels to convince its satellites and other countries of the world that, according to their intelligence, there is allegedly no trace of Kiev in the Moscow terrorist attack'.
"We want to know who ordered it," he added.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) also claimed the attackers planned to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border and 'had relevant contacts on the Ukrainian side'.
The White House stated that it was a ' terrorist attack that was conducted by ISIS' and that there was 'absolutely no evidence that the government of Ukraine had anything to do with this attack'.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said it 'categorically denies' accusations of Kiev’s involvement in the shooting.
Ukraine 'has been training militants in the Middle East' - FSB chief Bortnikov
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Head Alexander Bortnikov alleged that Ukraine had been 'training militants in the Middle East', following the Crocus City Hall attack last week, speaking in Moscow on Tuesday.
"The Ukrainian side has been studying and training militants in the Middle East. What we know about this is that they travelled to the locations of terrorists, worked with them and trained them. An example of this is a large number of citizens of various ethnicities who are fighting on the side of the Kiev regime. I mean, it's nationalists, it's mercenaries, it's Islamists that the Ukrainian side is involved in combat operations in the Russian direction," Bortnikov said.
The Russian FSB head also highlighted that it was currently impossible to definitively identify the masterminds behind the planning and execution of the attack.
"The commissioner [of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall] has not yet been identified. So we understand and see those who organised this process, here, who recruited and set specific tasks. In the future, we will do everything necessary to identify the direct organisers and specific customers," Bortnikov added.
Late on Friday, March 22, unidentified individuals dressed in military fatigues opened fire in the Crocus City Hall, a 6,000-seat multipurpose concert hall where a Russian rock band was set to perform. A massive fire broke out in the building shortly after.
At time of publication, 139 people were reported to have been killed. On Sunday, March 24, the Basmanny Court of Moscow ordered a number of suspects to be remanded in custody until May 22, on charges of 'terrorism'.
President Vladimir Putin declared a day of mourning and described the attack as a 'barbaric terrorist act' in a televised address on Saturday, adding that the suspects had been detained close to the border.
"They tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them from the Ukrainian side to cross the state border," Putin said.
On Monday, he said that 'radical Islamists' were responsible but also hit out at the US for 'trying through various channels to convince its satellites and other countries of the world that, according to their intelligence, there is allegedly no trace of Kiev in the Moscow terrorist attack'.
"We want to know who ordered it," he added.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) also claimed the attackers planned to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border and 'had relevant contacts on the Ukrainian side'.
The White House stated that it was a ' terrorist attack that was conducted by ISIS' and that there was 'absolutely no evidence that the government of Ukraine had anything to do with this attack'.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said it 'categorically denies' accusations of Kiev’s involvement in the shooting.
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Head Alexander Bortnikov alleged that Ukraine had been 'training militants in the Middle East', following the Crocus City Hall attack last week, speaking in Moscow on Tuesday.
"The Ukrainian side has been studying and training militants in the Middle East. What we know about this is that they travelled to the locations of terrorists, worked with them and trained them. An example of this is a large number of citizens of various ethnicities who are fighting on the side of the Kiev regime. I mean, it's nationalists, it's mercenaries, it's Islamists that the Ukrainian side is involved in combat operations in the Russian direction," Bortnikov said.
The Russian FSB head also highlighted that it was currently impossible to definitively identify the masterminds behind the planning and execution of the attack.
"The commissioner [of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall] has not yet been identified. So we understand and see those who organised this process, here, who recruited and set specific tasks. In the future, we will do everything necessary to identify the direct organisers and specific customers," Bortnikov added.
Late on Friday, March 22, unidentified individuals dressed in military fatigues opened fire in the Crocus City Hall, a 6,000-seat multipurpose concert hall where a Russian rock band was set to perform. A massive fire broke out in the building shortly after.
At time of publication, 139 people were reported to have been killed. On Sunday, March 24, the Basmanny Court of Moscow ordered a number of suspects to be remanded in custody until May 22, on charges of 'terrorism'.
President Vladimir Putin declared a day of mourning and described the attack as a 'barbaric terrorist act' in a televised address on Saturday, adding that the suspects had been detained close to the border.
"They tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them from the Ukrainian side to cross the state border," Putin said.
On Monday, he said that 'radical Islamists' were responsible but also hit out at the US for 'trying through various channels to convince its satellites and other countries of the world that, according to their intelligence, there is allegedly no trace of Kiev in the Moscow terrorist attack'.
"We want to know who ordered it," he added.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) also claimed the attackers planned to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border and 'had relevant contacts on the Ukrainian side'.
The White House stated that it was a ' terrorist attack that was conducted by ISIS' and that there was 'absolutely no evidence that the government of Ukraine had anything to do with this attack'.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said it 'categorically denies' accusations of Kiev’s involvement in the shooting.