The suspected gunmen “tried to hide and moved toward Ukraine,” Russian president says in televised address. Kyiv denies any involvement.

The suspected gunmen “tried to hide and moved toward Ukraine,” Russian president says in televised address. Kyiv denies any involvement.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Saturday suggested that terrorists who killed at least 133 people in Friday night’s attack at a Moscow concert hall were helped by someone based in Ukraine, without providing evidence.

Ukrainian officials have denied any involvement in the massacre, for which Islamic State has claimed responsibility. It was one of the deadliest attacks on Russian soil in recent years.

Putin said 11 people have been detained in the killings, including the four gunmen. “They tried to hide and moved toward Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them on the Ukrainian side to cross the border,” Putin said in a speech on Russian television Saturday.

  • resetbypeer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    7 months ago

    Doesn’t matter if it is false flag is not. The narrative will always be to blame Ukraine. This is really to feed the local population for either buy-in for more mobilization (rumors of spring/summer offensive).

    He won’t say, oopsie my 350k FSB apparatus screwed up. That will be done in the background with some mysterious window diving.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
      41·
      7 months ago

      Since US intelligence notified them weeks ago that this was going to happen, I think it’s more likely that either they ignored it and it happened, or more likely that they let it happen to have a good tragedy they could abuse.

      I’d say it the second one, since nobody came to the rescue of these poor people for like an hour, the gunmen could do whatever the hell they wanted for all that time and then just walk away. That sounds like the Russian government wasn’t interested in actually helping them.