Putin says Moscow attackers were ‘trying to flee to Ukraine’

Russian president Vladimir Putin on Saturday said that the attackers behind the deadly assault on a Moscow concert were “travelling towards Ukraine”. “All four perpetrators were found and detained. They tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, previously, a window had been prepared for them to cross the border,” Putin said in his first public statement since Friday’s attack on the concert hall. The Russian president called the attack on a concert hall that killed more than 100 a “barbaric terrorist act” and announced a day of national mourning. Read your updates here: #russia #putin #moscow #news Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.