Russia to present UK ambassador proof of London’s complicity in Oct 29 attack

Zakharova also drew attention to the British Defense Ministry’s unduly hasty reaction, which was a rather telling sign in itself.Show more

"They tried to absolve themselves of responsibility for the terrorist attack. They said that they did not even know about anything like that. It was a very strange reaction. They have contacts, as they have always had, with the Russian Defense Ministry. In principle, they could have tried to clear up certain things. It has turned out that a priori they know the answers to all questions, which is strange. After all, please, do understand that no one doubts it was an attack. This is a confirmed, hard fact," she added.

Zakharova also stressed that Britain had compromised itself with an impromptu statement of its non-involvement in the attack on the Black Sea Fleet’s base.

"They argue they had nothing to do with it . They should have at least asked what evidence we have. But they have in fact exposed themselves by making such a zealous and snap claim about their innocence. I reckon it can also be added to the heap of evidence as the British side’s inadvertent confession," she said.

Russia will present evidence to Britain’s ambassador to Moscow Deborah Bronnert of Britain's involvement in the attack on the Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol and the act of sabotage against the Nord Stream pipelines and then disclose the basic information to the public at large, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Wednesday.