Russia blames Ukraine for car bombing that killed daughter of key Vladimir Putin ally

Russia has blamed the car bombing which killed the daughter of a key ally of President Vladimir Putin squarely on Ukraine. 

Security services released footage today of what they claim is a Ukrainian spy travelling into and around Moscow with her young daughter, before allegedly carrying out the fatal attack. 

Russia claims to have cracked the case.

They claim a Ukrainian assassin is responsible for landing a fatal blow to the heart of Putin's inner circle. 

Footage released by Russia's security service shows the supposed spy first crossing the border with her child.

She is then pictured waiting to enter her victim’s apartment block, where the Federal Security Service (FSB) says she stayed while preparing for her mission. 

Finally, caught on camera leaving Russia for Estonia after allegedly planting a bomb under a car that later exploded, killing Darya Dugina. 

Dugina was driving her father's car at the time after he made the last-minute decision to switch vehicles with her.

Alexander Dugin, a key ally of Vladimir Putin, blamed what he called the Ukrainian Nazi regime for his daughter's death. 

Russia's President Vladimir Putin labelled it as a cruel crime. 

Darya Dugina is being honoured in Moscow as a Russian patriot a woman who once described the Ukrainian soldiers defending Mariupol as "non-human".

In the same city, Russian troops flew their flags today amid speculation, that those captured Ukrainian soldiers will soon be put on trial.  

If it proves to be more than just talk Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned, peace negotiations will be over for good.

It’s a tense time for Ukraine - as it prepares to mark two major milestones on Wednesday. 

Thirty-one years of independence and six months of war to protect just that.