The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed that the United States, the U.K., and Ukraine conspired to carry out the deadly slaughter of nearly 140 people at a concert hall in Moscow.
According to Russian news agency Tass, Alexander Bortnikov told reporters that it was “true” that the three countries orchestrated the attack based on “factual information we have.”
“This is general information, but they have a long record of this sort,” Tass quoted Bortnikov as saying.
“What is it expected to do to demonstrate its capability? It is expected to carry out sabotage and terrorist acts in the rear,” he said.
“This is what both the chiefs of Ukraine’s special services and the British special services are aiming at,” he added.
“U.S. special services have repeatedly mentioned this, too,” the FSB leader added.
“There have been drone strikes, strikes by uncrewed boats at sea, and incursions by groups of saboteurs and terrorist organizations into our territory,” he claimed, citing them as evidence that “the West and Ukraine are out to cause greater harm to our country.”
According to the Kyiv Post, he also said:
“I’ll let you in on a little secret: they were going to be greeted as heroes on the other side.”
However, he added:
“The one who ordered it has not been identified yet.”
Last week, a group of gunmen stormed the Crocus City concert hall and mall complex in Krasnogorsk in Moscow, opening fire on people in the concert hall.
Russian authorities have confirmed 139 people dead, including three children, and 182 injured.
However, they warned the death counts might rise as many of those injured are in critical condition.
The Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack after it published videos taken by the gunmen as they massacred innocent people at the concert hall.
The United States Government blamed the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), the Afghan ISIS affiliate, for the attack.
The U.S.’s National Security Council spokeswoman, Adrienne Watson, said ISIS has “sole responsibility for this attack.”
“There was no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever.”
As Breitbart reported:
The Russian government has not publicly identified ISIS as the organization responsible. In an address to the nation on Saturday, strongman Vladimir Putin appeared to blame the government of Ukraine for the attack, stating, “They tried to escape and were traveling towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them on the Ukrainian side to cross the state border.”
The Ukrainian government rapidly responded by denying any role in the attack, asserting, “It makes no sense whatsoever.” A Ukrainian “Disinformation” agency then claimed the Russian government may be responsible for the attack.
In a statement on Monday, Putin said “radical Islamists” were responsible for the terrorist assault, without elaborating.
He also suggested that Ukraine was involved but offered specifics.
“We also see that the United States, through various channels, is trying to convince its satellites and other countries of the world that, according to their intelligence data, there is supposedly no Kiev trace in the Moscow terrorist attack,” Putin said on Monday.
“That the bloody terrorist attack was carried out by followers of Islam, members of the ISIS organization banned in Russia.”
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