Russia claims to have found evidence of a link between Crocus terrorists and Ukraine
(Baonghean.vn) - According to the Telegram channel of the Russian Investigative Committee on March 28, the investigation has obtained evidence of a connection between the terrorists who carried out the Crocus attack and Ukrainian nationalists.
"The results of the preliminary investigation fully confirm the planned nature of the terrorist act, its careful preparation and financial support from the organizers. As a result of interrogating the arrested terrorists, studying the seized technical equipment and analyzing information on financial transactions, evidence of their connections with Ukrainian nationalists was obtained," the statement said.
On the same day, the White House National Security Council's coordinator for strategic communications, John Kirby, stated that the Washington administration had provided Moscow with clear and detailed information about the threat of terrorist attacks before the tragedy in Krasnogorsk. According to Mr. Kirby, "in fact, the United States tried to help prevent this terrorist attack." He argued: "Before the March 22 attack, the United States provided clear and detailed information to the Russian authorities about the terrorist threat to large gatherings and concerts in Moscow."
“At 11:15 a.m. on March 7, Moscow time (3:15 p.m. Hanoi time), in accordance with routine procedures and through established channels used many times by the US government, we sent a written warning to Russian security agencies,” Mr. Kirby said at a special press conference. However, he did not specify whether the information the US side conveyed was detailed or not.
Mr. Kirby also recalled that the next day the United States posted a warning on its embassy website in Russia about the dangers of attending crowded events in Moscow, including concerts.
“The US government will continue to remain vigilant and alert other governments, regardless of our relationship with them, if we have information about a terrorist threat,” Kirby said, stressing that the US “takes its obligation to act on that warning very seriously.” Mr. Kirby said that Washington believes “very clearly that ISIS bears full responsibility for this attack.”
