Ukraine 'not involved' in Moscow terror attack

"ISIS (or IS) bears sole responsibility for this attack. There is no connection to Ukraine," said White House National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson.

Smoke rises above the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Moscow, Russia, March 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS

US Vice President Kamala Harris also said in an interview with ABC News' "This Week" that aired Sunday that there was no evidence that Ukraine was involved. "ISIS-K is really responsible for what happened," she said.

ISIS-K is a Sunni militant group that emerged from the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar around 2015 and hopes to establish a hardline Islamic caliphate spanning India, Iran and Central Asia. The group has claimed responsibility for the Moscow attack.

The Islamic State group wrote on Telegram on Saturday that the attack was "carried out by four IS fighters armed with machine guns, pistols, knives and bombs", as part of a "fierce war" with "anti-Islamic states".

A video about a minute and a half long that appears to have been filmed by gunmen was posted on social media accounts commonly used by the Islamic State, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

Mr Putin has vowed to punish those behind the “barbaric terrorist attack” – but in his only public comments on the massacre, he made no mention of IS’s claims of responsibility.

Instead, he said four gunmen who tried to flee to Ukraine had been detained. “They tried to escape and were heading towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a door was prepared for them from the Ukrainian side to cross the state border,” he said in a nationally televised address on Saturday.

Kiev has strongly denied any connection, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accusing Russia of trying to blame it.

Mai Anh (according to Reuters)

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/nha-trang-ukraine-khong-lien-quan-toi-vu-khung-bo-o-moscow-post99846.html