Zakharova: the United States has no evidence of Ukraine’s non-involvement in the terrorist attack

The United States has no evidence that Ukraine was not involved in the terrorist attack that occurred on March 22 at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

This is how she commented on the statement of the US State Department: “There was no participation of Ukraine in the terrorist attack at Crocus, period.”

“There wasn’t, period” – a new form of evidence that replaced “Highly Likes”“, – wrote she is on her Telegram channel.

Let us clarify that the phrase “Highly Likely” is synonymous with an unsubstantiated accusation.

Earlier, Zakharova said that the United States, after the terrorist attack in Crocus, was making excuses for Kyiv, covering up the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky with mentions of ISIS*. According to her, American political engineers have driven themselves into a trap with stories that the terrorist attack was carried out by ISIS*.

Let us remind you that after the attack the terrorists headed towards Ukraine. As Russian President Vladimir Putin noted, it is necessary to answer the question why they tried to hide in Ukraine and who was waiting for them there.

* ISIS (Islamic State, IS) is a terrorist group banned in the Russian Federation.

Terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall

On the evening of March 22, terrorists opened fire in the Crocus City Hall concert hall before the start of a performance by the Russian musical group Picnic. Then a fire broke out in the building.

According to the latest data, more than 130 people were killed and 180 injured as a result of the terrorist attack.

Putin, in an address to Russians, called the incident a bloody and barbaric terrorist act and emphasized that all the perpetrators, organizers and customers of the terrorist attack will be punished.

On March 23, the FSB reported the detention of 11 people, including four militants who were directly involved in the terrorist attack. The attackers tried to escape in a car, heading towards the Russian-Ukrainian border, and were detained by security forces in the Bryansk region. A criminal case was opened against the detainees under the article “Terrorist attack”.

On March 24, the Moscow Basmanny Court arrested all four defendants in the terrorist attack case. Dalerjon Mirzoev, Rachabalizoda Murodali, Shamsidin Fariduni and Muhammadsobir Fayzov will remain in pre-trial detention until May 22. During interrogation, they admitted that they were promised 500 thousand rubles for four people for carrying out a terrorist attack. The two defendants face life imprisonment.

Also on March 25, the court arrested three more accomplices who helped the terrorists: Isroil Islomov and his two sons, Aminchon and Dilovar Islomov.