DISINFO: Ukrainian secret service directly involved in Moscow terrorist attack on Crocus City
SUMMARY
Ukrainian secret service 'directly involved in Moscow terrorist attack'. More than 20 people have been arrested in connection with the attack on Moscow's Crocus City Hall. Everything points to Ukraine being behind the attack. Ukrainian military intelligence was directly involved in the deadly terrorist attack on the Crocus concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow in March. We can already say with certainty that Ukrainian military intelligence is directly linked to this attack.
RESPONSE
Pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative depicting Ukraine as a terrorist regime. The claim was made in connection with the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack in Moscow, trying to link Ukraine to the terrorist attacks in Russia without presenting any evidence.
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for and shared video footage from the attacks, corroborating their claims of responsibility.
Kyiv strongly denied any involvement in the assault on the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk. It also emerged that Iran had warned Moscow a few days before of an imminent attack by ISIS based on information obtained from arrested ISIS terrorists in Iran.
U.S officials have intelligence that the Islamic State group's Afghan affiliate, IS-Khorasan, was responsible for the Moscow attack. “ISIS bears sole responsibility for this attack. There was no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever,” White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement.
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Even Putin himself acknowledged late on 25 March that Islamists were committing the attack.
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