INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Top Russian security officials claimed Tuesday that Ukraine and the West were partly responsible for the deadly concert hall attack outside
Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov said that while those who "ordered" the attack had not yet been identified, the
assailants had intended to flee to Ukraine, where they would have been "greeted as heroes.""We believe the [attack] was prepared both by
radical Islamists and, of course, facilitated by Western special services, and Ukraine's special services have a direct connection to this,"
claim that Ukraine may have somehow been involved and suggested that Washington was allegedly trying to cover it up.Putin had said before
that the gunmen behind Friday's attack had driven their getaway car toward the Ukrainian border before being detained the following
siege, and social media channels linked to the militant group have published graphic videos of the gunmen committing the mass killing at
Crocus City Hall.Russian authorities have detained 11 people in connection to Friday's attack, though the identities of only eight of the
suspects are currently known.Following Patrushev's and Bortnikov's remarks on Tuesday, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo
