Authorities say that after gunmen opened fire at Crocus City Hall, at least 133 people were killed and numerous others were injured. The Islamic State has taken accountability!
According to reports, an attack at a performance venue close to Moscow resulted in numerous fatalities and numerous injuries..
Vladimir Putin has informed the Russian populace that the terror attack on Friday night at Crocus City Hall, which claimed the lives of at least 133 people, was connected to Ukraine.The recently re-elected Russian president stated in a five-and-a-half-minute video address that Russian security forces thought they had captured all four direct attackers. They were seen traveling toward Ukraine, which was getting ready to receive them across the border. Kiev has denied the allegations. In all, eleven persons have been placed in custody.
Putin made no mention of the attack’s purported perpetrator, Islamic State, in his speech.The victims, he added, were “dozens of peaceful, innocent people – our compatriots, including children, teenagers, and women.” He called it a “bloody, barbaric terrorist act.” “Identify and punish everyone who prepared the terrorist attack,” he declared, referring to the Russian Federation.
Ukraine has refuted any involvement in the assault.Mykhailo Podolyak, a presidential advisor, declared that attempts to link the two were “absolutely untenable.” “Ukraine has no connection whatsoever to this incident,” he declared. Russia and Ukraine are engaged in a full-scale war, and Ukraine will defeat Russia on the battlefield. Putin and the FSB did not publicly provide any evidence of a connection to Ukraine.Following the incident, 107 people are still being treated at the hospital, including three children, one of whom is said to be in severe condition.Tatyana Golikova, the deputy prime minister, declared that there was sufficient supply of “medicine, blood, and dressing materials” following a blood donation campaign in Moscow. The authorities in Moscow have declared that they will organize funerals for the deceased and compensate the impacted parties.Sunday has been designated as a day of national mourning by Putin.To honor the victims, people have been leaving toys and flowers outside Russian embassies across the globe as well as at the scene of the attack.
Photos taken from inside the arena reveal that the roof has collapsed and the auditorium has been totally destroyed by fire.According to Russian officials, fatalities resulted from both gunshot wounds and the fire’s aftermath.
Globally, there has been widespread condemnation of the terrorist act.The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, and NATO have all condemned the incident and expressed their condolences. Putin had a phone conversation with the presidents of Uzbekistan and Belarus. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the president of Turkey, also expressed his support, referring to terrorism as “the common enemy of humanity.”Reports that Islamic State carried out the attack appear credible to many. Several security analysts said that the claim of responsibility by the Islamic State for the massacre of Russian concertgoers appears to be plausible and fits with a pattern of previous marauding attacks by Islamist militants. Moscow had been warned. US intelligence gathered information just over two weeks ago that ISPK, a branch of the Islamic State group based in Afghanistan, was eyeing Russia for a terrorist attack. The US embassy in Moscow had said it was “monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts”. The unusually clear public alert was repeated by the UK.Zelenskiy speaks out. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address on Saturday that Vladimir Putin was seeking ways to divert blame for the massacre at the concert hall near Moscow on Friday. He said it was “absolutely predictable” that Putin had remained silent until the day after the attack before accusing Ukraine of being involved.