Blundering Belarus dictator Lukashenko destroys Putin's evidence that Zelensky was behind ISIS attack by revealing the terrorists first tried to flee to HIS country, not Ukraine

Belarus' strongman dictator Alexander Lukashenko has seemingly undermined Russia's claims that Ukraine was behind the deadly Moscow massacre, after revealing the four terrorists tried fleeing to Belarus, not Ukraine. 

Vladimir Putin has tried to spin Friday's mass killing on the outskirts of Moscow, which left 139 people dead, in his favour by claiming Volodymyr Zelensky had orchestrated it. 

But Lukashenko, one of Putin's closest allies, has publicly contradicted his messaging. 

He said: 'There was no way they could enter Belarus. They saw that. That's why they turned away and went to the section of the Ukrainian-Russian border.'

While terror group ISIS has claimed responsibility for the massacre several times, Russia has not fully acknowledged this and officials have chosen to blame Ukraine and the West for the attack.

Putin on Monday said for the first time that 'radical Islamists' were behind last week's attack, but sought to tie it to Kyiv.

Alexander Lukashenko (pictured), one of Putin's closest allies, has publicly contradicted Putin's messaging

Vladimir Putin has tried to spin Friday's mass killing on the outskirts of Moscow, which left 139 people dead, in his favour

The terrorists who carried out the attack have all been detained and charged with terrorism

All four of them have been beaten and tortured by Russian security forces

Without providing any evidence, Putin connected the attack at Crocus City Hall to a series of incursions into Russian territory by pro-Ukrainian sabotage groups, and said they were all part of efforts to 'sow panic in our society'.

And today, Russia's internal security chief blamed Britain and the US for helping ISIS terrorists carry out the attack. 

Alexander Bortnikov, head of the FSB, insisted the West and Ukraine were behind the attack, despite also saying that Russian investigators hadn't yet established who had ordered the attack. 

He told Russian news agencies: 'The USA, Britain and Ukraine are behind the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall.'

'We believe the action was prepared both by the radical Islamists themselves and, of course, facilitated by Western special services, and Ukraine's special services themselves have a direct connection to this.'

But in the same breath, he said: 'The one who ordered it has not been identified yet. We understand and see those who organised this process, who recruited and set specific tasks.'

So far, 139 people have died and the death toll is expected to rise

People place flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall

A woman griefs at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall

A view of the burned Crocus City Hall concert venue following a terrorist attack

Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, 32, Saidakrami Rachabalizoda, 30, Shamsidin Fariduni, 25, and Mukhammadsobir Faizov, 19, were all detained and charged in Moscow over the weekend with terrorism. 

Russian security forces leaked videos showing themselves abusing and torturing the four terrorists. 

One video too graphic for MailOnline to publish showed security forces slicing Rachabalizoda's right ear and forcing him to eat it. 

Rachabalizoda later appeared in court with swollen facial features and a massive bandage over his right ear.  

A court in Moscow meanwhile on Tuesday remanded an eighth suspect in custody over the attack at the Moscow concert hall.

Moscow earlier announced it had detained 11 people in connection with the attack, which saw camouflaged gunmen storm into Crocus City Hall, open fire on concert-goers and set the building ablaze.

The court's press service said the latest suspect to be remanded was a man originally from the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan.

Officials said he was ordered to be held in detention until at least May 22, without detailing the exact accusations against him.