Putin repeats allegation Moscow terrorists planed to escape to Ukraine
Photo: Russian dictator Vladimir Putin (Getty Images)
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin reiterated the claim that the suspects in the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow allegedly intended to escape to Ukraine.
Putin claims that allegedly 11 individuals were detained, four of whom supposedly were the direct perpetrators. The dictator stated that the terrorists intended to flee to Ukraine, where a "window" had been prepared for them.
"All four direct perpetrators of the terrorist attack, all those who shot and killed people, have been found and detained. They attempted to flee and were moving towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary information, a window for crossing the state border had been prepared for them from the Ukrainian side," the dictator said.
What preceded this
Today, Russian law enforcement claimed to have detained four individuals allegedly involved in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall in the Moscow suburbs.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation alleges that the perpetrators supposedly had contacts in Ukraine and were planning to cross the border.
Andrii Yusov, a representative of Defense Intelligence, in a comment to RBC-Ukraine, refuted the FSB's claims and emphasized that the Russian regime wants to blame the "Ukrainian trail."
Today Russians accused citizens of Tajikistan of committing the terrorist act, but later Russian media claimed that all those detained were Russians.
What is known about the terrorist attack
In the evening on Friday, March 22, in the city of Krasnogorsk in the Moscow suburbs, several armed men in camouflage opened fire in the Crocus City Hall shopping center. Initially, there were reports of 40 dead and 100 injured people.
As of 12:00, according to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, there are known to be 115 dead and over 100 injured.
Earlier, a number of media outlets claimed that the terrorist attack was organized by the ISIS group. However, other sources refute this information.
The General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine called the terrorist act a planned and deliberate provocation by Russian special services at the direction of the dictator Vladimir Putin.
