Any US statements about Ukraine’s non-involvement in the terrorist attack in Crocusa until the end of the investigation should be considered as evidence, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
“Until the investigation into the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall is completed, any phrase from Washington justifying Kiev should be considered as evidence,” Maria Zakharova wrote in Telegram-channel.
Thus the diplomat commented on the words of the official representative of the US National Security Council Adrienne Watson about the non-involvement of Ukraine in the terrorist attack.
The shooting and fire occurred in the evening of 22 March before a concert at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk near Moscow.
According to the latest IC data, 133 people were killed. Margarita Simonyan, head of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and RT TV channel, said that the number of victims had risen to 143. According to the Emergencies Ministry, 152 people were injured in the terrorist attack. Russian President Vladimir Putin declared 24 March a day of national mourning.
Also earlier, Vladimir Putin said that all the perpetrators, organizers and customers who organized the terrorist attack in the Moscow Region’s Crocus will be punished “severely”