Russia doubts ISIS’s capacity to launch Moscow attack

At a briefing with reporters, Zakharova, as an alternative, doubled down on Moscow’s assertions, for which it has not but offered proof, that Ukraine was behind the assault on the Crocus Metropolis Corridor, the deadliest Russia has suffered in 20 years.

Islamic State has claimed duty for the bloodbath, and US officers say they’ve intelligence exhibiting it was carried out by the community’s Afghan department, Islamic State Khorasan. Ukraine has repeatedly denied it had something to do with the assault.

However, Zakharova stated the West had rushed to pin duty on Islamic State, also called ISIS, as a manner of deflecting blame from Ukraine and the Western governments that assist it.

“To beat back suspicions from the collective West, they urgently wanted to give you one thing, so they resorted to ISIS, pulled an ace out of their sleeve, and, several hours after the terrorist assault, the Anglo-Saxon media started disseminating exactly these variations,” she stated.

Putin counsel Ukraine had a job in assault.

President Vladimir Putin has stated the assault was carried out by Islamist militants; however, it has prompted it was to Ukraine’s profit and that Kyiv might have performed a job.

He has stated that somebody on the Ukrainian aspect had ready a “window” for the gunmen to flee throughout the border earlier than they had were captured in western Russia on Friday night time.

On Tuesday, nevertheless, Belarusian chief Alexander Lukashenko stated the gunmen had initially sought to cross into his nation earlier than turning away and heading in the direction of Ukraine as soon as they realized that crossings into Belarus had been sealed.

The director of Russia’s FSB safety company stated on Tuesday that he believed Ukraine, together with America and Britain, have been concerned about the Moscow assault.

British Overseas Secretary David Cameron responded on X, saying: “Russia’s claims concerning the West and Ukraine on the Crocus Metropolis Corridor assault are utter nonsense.”