Lukashenko contradicts Putin and says terrorists were fleeing to Belarus. Alexander Bortnikov, head of the FSB, the Russian security service, accused Ukrainian and Western secret services on Tuesday of having facilitated the attack.
Putin admits that the Moscow attack was the work of "radical Islamists" and insists on the connection with Ukraine. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the mass shooting, but both Putin and his government continue to point out that, even if the perpetrators were Islamist radicals, Ukraine and the West in general are behind it.