Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said today that gunmen who attacked the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow last Friday had initially tried to flee to his country, not Ukraine, as Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, insist. Putin claimed that Ukraine had prepared a “window” for the attackers to cross the border, which is a war zone. Ukraine strongly denies any involvement but two of the Russian president's staunchest allies, Security Council chief Nikolai Patrushev and FSB security chief Alexander Bortnikov, directly accused Kiev today without providing any proof. But Lukashenko, who is also a close ally of Putin, told reporters that Belarusian and Russian security services coordinated their actions as the suspects' vehicle moved southwest of Moscow, toward the Bryansk region, which borders both Ukraine as well as with […]
Source: News Beast

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