Britain distrusts Russia's claims of Ukraine's involvement in terrorist attack near Moscow
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt (photo: Getty Images)
The British government "has very little confidence in anything the Russian government says" regarding the Kremlin's claim that Ukraine was somehow involved in the terrorist attack in Moscow's Crocus City shopping center, states Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt.
“We know that they are creating a smokescreen of propaganda to defend an utterly evil invasion of Ukraine. But, that doesn’t mean that it’s not a tragedy when innocent people lose their lives when you have horrible bombings,” he said.
Hunt went on to say he takes “what the Russian government says with an enormous pinch of salt… after what we have seen from them over the last few years.”
What is known about the terrorist attack
On the evening of Friday, March 22, several armed men in camouflage opened fire in the shopping center Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow region. According to the Russians, more than 100 people were killed in the attack.
Earlier, a number of media outlets reported that the attack was organized by the ISIS group. However, other sources deny this information.
Russian security forces said they had detained four people involved in the attack. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said that the terrorists allegedly wanted to escape to Ukraine, where a "window" had been prepared for them.
Oleksandr Musiienko, head of the Center for Military and Legal Studies, told RBC-Ukraine that the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall shopping center near Moscow could have been carried out by the ISIS group. But Putin cannot recognize this.
