WASHINGTON, March 26. /TASS/. The destination of militants following the terrorist attack on a crowded concert at the Crocus City Hall music venue in suburban Moscow indicates that the Kiev regime has turned terrorist, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said in a conversation with journalists.

According to the diplomat, it is disquieting that "everywhere they are trying to establish ahead of time" that the Islamic State (IS, banned in Russia) terrorist organization is responsible for the terror attack. "A simple question by any person, by any Russian citizen is why did these people, these bandits head from Moscow toward the Ukrainian border. I do not understand what does a window created for them on the Ukrainian border mean," the envoy noted."This just indicates that in reality, essentially, the Zelensky regime became terrorist if it harbors these terrorists," he stressed. According to the Russian ambassador, "this fact alone calls for special attention and investigation."

On the evening of March 22, a terrorist attack targeted the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, just over the Moscow city limits. The current death toll is 139, and 182 people were injured. Eleven individuals suspected of being involved in the terrorist attack have been apprehended, including four gunmen who were detained in the Bryansk Region, southwest of Moscow, as they attempted to seek refuge by crossing the nearby Ukrainian border. President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that, according to preliminary information, the Ukrainian side had prepared "a window" in the border especially for the terrorists to cross undetected. He promised to identify and punish all those who were behind the attack on Crocus City Hall.