“The preparation of this terrorist act was carried out by a group of Russian citizens, Muscovites, in the amount of six people.
They were led from the Ukrainian side by representatives of the SBU,” Bortnikov said.
The director of the FSB noted that this group determined Solovyov's visits to certain places.
According to him, the detainees had the task to choose the place of the assassination attempt.
Earlier, the FSB announced the arrest of neo-Nazis who planned, on the instructions of Kyiv, the murder of Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov.
Solovyov thanked the FSB and stated that he did not notice any surveillance of himself.
According to the Investigative Committee, six defendants were detained.
The department reported that "the crime was planned to be carried out on the territory of the city of Moscow by blowing up the journalist's car."