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| Russian spooks say US intelligence helps Kyiv prepare terrorist attacks in Russia Moscow | |
| 2024-04-02 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Regnum] American intelligence helps Kyiv in preparing terrorist attacks on Russian territory. In particular, as the Foreign Intelligence Service announced on April 1, Washington provides the Ukrainian side with information from satellites.
The SVR stated this in the context of US actions to distort the picture of the terrorist attack that happened on March 22 in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow. The service noted that the administration of current US President Joe Biden has intensified relevant work so as not to incur suspicions of involvement in terrorism after attempts to “whitewash” the Kiev regime. “It is becoming obvious that the United States risks being suspected of involvement in international terrorism,” the SVR said. However, the United States is unable to achieve unity in the assessment of the terrorist attack among NATO and European Union members, since attempts to shield the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, began almost at lightning speed after the terrorist attack, which many in the West seemed reckless and suspicious, the SVR emphasized. As Regnum reported, terrorists attacked Crocus City Hall on the evening of March 22. They opened fire on visitors and set fire to the concert hall. According to official data, the attack killed 144 people and injured 551 others. The head of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, reported that those detained in the case of the terrorist attack in Crocus spoke about the Ukrainian trail, and emphasized that the Islamists could not prepare everything on their own, they were helped. On March 28, the Russian Investigative Committee announced that it had received evidence of a connection between the Crocus terrorists and Ukrainian nationalists. The White House made its first statements just hours after the attack on the concert hall. Then the United States said that it saw no signs of Ukraine or Ukrainians being involved in the incident, while the US administration claimed that it did not have information about the preparation of this attack. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, responded at the time that if Washington makes statements in the midst of a tragedy about the non-involvement of anyone and has no information about what happened, then it does not have the right to “protect any forces.” Later, she also explained that the West realized the need to change its position towards the terrorist attack in Crocus, so many representatives of Western diplomatic missions came to the Foreign Ministry to leave entries in the book of condolences. In addition, on March 8, the US Embassy in Moscow issued a warning to Americans about the threat of terrorist attacks in the next 48 hours. The message noted that the diplomatic mission is monitoring reports that extremists have plans to attack large gatherings of people in Moscow, including concerts. After the terrorist attack, the United States announced “the only version” - the involvement of members of ISIS (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation). Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that such a reaction at a time when the investigation was still ongoing, at least looked strange and spoke of a desire to shift attention from something. White House spokesman John Kirby responded to the version about the involvement of Ukraine and the West in the terrorist attack with rudeness, without stating anything specific. | |
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