After the terrorist attack in Moscow, the Kremlin spread the unsubstantiated claim that the perpetrators wanted to flee to Ukraine and were expected there. Of all people, Putin’s ally, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, contradicted him. He explained that the perpetrators may have wanted to flee to Belarus.
When it became known on Friday after the attack on a concert hall in Moscow that the perpetrators drove a car to the Russian region of Bryansk, which borders Belarus, security measures were also taken on the side of the neighboring country, Lukashenko said on Tuesday, according to the newspaper. state news agency Belta.
“Couldn’t reach Belarus”
“That’s why they couldn’t reach Belarus. They saw that. That’s why they turned around and drove towards the Ukrainian-Russian border.” In addition to Belarus, Bryansk also borders Ukraine. Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been claiming for days that the men wanted to flee to Ukraine and were expected there.
FSB: Ukraine “involved”
The Russian regime continues to claim that Ukraine was behind the attack. Ukrainian services were “directly involved,” FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov said. The attackers should have been greeted ‘as heroes’ after the massacre in Ukraine, it has been claimed. The Kremlin did not provide any evidence for this; the government in Kiev described the accusation as a lie.
Although an offshoot of the radical terrorist group IS – IS Khorasan Province – has repeatedly claimed responsibility for the attack, Russian investigators are now also investigating the West’s possible involvement in the attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall. At the request of lawmakers, the investigative agency said on Wednesday it was investigating the possible “organization, financing and execution of terrorist attacks” against Russia by the US and other Western countries.
The number of deaths rose to 140
The number of deaths from the terrorist attack has now risen to 140. One injured person died in hospital, the Moscow region health authority said on Wednesday. “The doctors have done everything possible,” said authority head Mikhail Muraschko, according to the Tass agency. Another 80 victims of the attack are in clinics in Moscow and the surrounding area, including six children. The condition of four patients is very critical, says Muraschko.
Source: Krone
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