Russia insists on Ukrainian involvement in attack near Moscow Another serious bus accident on the German highway: more than twenty injured

Despite several admissions by the terrorist militia Islamic State (IS) about the attack on a concert hall near Moscow a week ago, Russian authorities continue to push for alleged Ukrainian involvement. The suspects said they received instructions from an unknown person via voice messages on Telegram, Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Friday. After the attack, this “coordinator” sent the terrorists towards the Ukrainian border and promised them a reward, which they would receive in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, it was said.

Independent Russian media indicated that the arrested men appeared in court a few days ago, some seriously injured, and most likely tortured by Russian security forces. Russian human rights activists have also expressed disgust, pointing out that confessions obtained under torture have little value.

On March 22, Russia was shocked by the worst terrorist attack in many years. As a result of the attack on the Crocus City Hall site, at least 144 people were killed and 382 others injured in the city of Krasnogorsk, northwest of Moscow. IS has already claimed responsibility for the crime several times. Western security authorities and experts believe this to be credible and suspect that the IS branch of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISPK) was behind the attack. Nevertheless, shortly after the attack, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials claimed, without providing any evidence, that Ukraine was involved in the crime. Ukraine, which has been defending itself against a brutal Russian war of aggression for more than two years, has strictly imposed this. (sda/dpa)