A Russian admits to an attack on an officer in Moskow
A Russian citizen confessed in a video spread by the Russian news agency RIA that he carried out an attack on an officer in Moscow this week on behalf of the Ukrainian Security Service SBU. A statement from Ukraine regarding the processed video was initially unobtainable.
The statements of the man in handcuffs cannot be independently verified. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) stated that the man was extradited from Turkey, where he had flown after the attack, and handed over to the investigative authorities.
In the video, which has been edited at several points, the man claimed that he was recruited by the Ukrainian security service last year and ordered to "kill an officer." At the request of his Ukrainian superior, he gathered the components for the bomb and then placed the explosive device under the officer's vehicle. As a reward, they promised him Ukrainian citizenship and 10,000 to 20,000 dollars.
The Russian newspaper "Kommersant" reported that an officer of the Military Intelligence Service was injured in the north of Moscow by a car bomb. Other media described him as an officer of the regular military. According to the Interior Ministry, two people were injured in the explosion. A criminal investigation has been initiated.
Film recordings showed a Toyota Land Cruiser, which appeared to be parked in front of a housing complex and detonated. The Turkish authorities announced on a Wednesday evening that they had detained a Russian citizen in Bodrum upon his arrival from Moscow, who is suspected of the attack.
- The Russian man in the confession video stated that he was ordered to attack an officer by the Ukrainian Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
- Despite the video's circulation by the Russian news agency RIA, an official statement from the SBU regarding this incident was initially hard to obtain.
- The Russian citizen, after carrying out the attack in Moscow, reportedly flew to Turkey, where he was later extradited and handed over to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).
- The alleged Russian perpetrator, as claimed in the video, was recruited by the Ukrainian security service last year and promised Ukrainian citizenship and a substantial sum of money for the attack on the Russian officer.
