“At the direction of the coordinator”: the Investigative Committee said that the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Crocus were going to Kyiv for a reward. During interrogations, the perpetrators stated that their actions via voice messages via Telegram were coordinated by a man under a pseudonym.

On his instructions, the terrorists followed by car towards the Russian-Ukrainian border, and in Kyiv they were to receive a reward, the committee said. Earlier, the department announced the presence of confirmed data about the suspects receiving significant amounts of cash and cryptocurrency from Ukraine.