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Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev was quick to point the finger at Ukraine after Friday’s mass shooting at a concert hall in Moscow left at least 60 people dead.

“If they establish that these are terrorists of the Kyiv regime, they must all be found and mercilessly destroyed. Including officials of the state that committed such atrocity,” the former Russian president said of the attack.

Medvedev was not the only Russian official to blame the mass shooting on Kyiv. Russian Parliamentary Leader Sergey Mironov also alleged that Ukraine was responsible, and accused the United States and the U.K. of covering up its knowledge of the attacks.

American and British intelligence agencies had issued warnings of possible extremist attacks on crowds in Russia earlier this month—and both countries did so publicly.

Russian Officials Rush to Blame Ukraine, U.S. for Moscow Concert Massacre