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KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine was not involved in Friday’s shooting attack near Moscow and suggestions of Ukrainian links “have nothing to do with reality”, a spokesman for Kiev’s military spy agency said on Saturday.
Russia’s FSB security service said “all four terrorists” behind the attack on a concert hall near the capital had been arrested on their way to the Ukrainian border, and that they had contacts in Ukraine.
“This is, of course, another lie of the Russian special services, which has nothing to do with reality and does not stand up against any criticism,” Andrey Yusov of the Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate told Reuters.
He added, “Ukraine was, of course, not involved in this terrorist attack. Ukraine is defending its sovereignty from the Russian invaders, liberating its territory and fighting the occupier’s forces and military bases, civilians No.”
His comments echo those of presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, who denied any Ukrainian links in comments Friday evening and again on Saturday. Podolyak wrote on Saturday on X that “any attempt to link Ukraine to the terrorist attack is absolutely untenable”.
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(Reporting by Dan Peleshuk; Editing by Francis Carey)
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