Russian law enforcement linked the strike on Khorly to the 'Chimera' unit of Ukraine's military intelligence
RIA Novosti, citing a source in Russian law enforcement structures, reported that the 'Chimera' unit of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence may have been involved in the attack on a café and hotel in the village of Khorly on New Year's Eve, in which 30 people were killed. The source also attributes a number of previous attacks in the Kherson region to the unit. There is no independent confirmation of this information.
Aziz Karimov