Russia links concert shooting to 'Ukrainian nationalists'; US says 'nonsense'

Reuters via Yahoo ^ | March 28th, 2024 | Unattributed

[Mariner]

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian investigators said on Thursday they had found proof that gunmen who killed more than 140 people at a concert last week were linked to "Ukrainian nationalists", an assertion immediately dismissed by the United States as baseless propaganda.

Russia has said from the outset that it believes Ukraine was linked to the attack, even though Kyiv has denied it and the militant group Islamic State has claimed responsibility.

In a statement, Russia's Investigative Committee said for the first time that it had uncovered proof of a Ukrainian connection. While it described the nature of the alleged evidence, it did not publish it.

"As a result of working with detained terrorists, studying the technical devices seized from them, and analysing information about financial transactions, evidence was obtained of their connection with Ukrainian nationalists," it said.

It said there was "confirmed data" that the attackers had received significant amounts of cash and cryptocurrency from Ukraine. Another suspect involved in "the terrorists' financing scheme" had been detained, the committee said.

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby described the Russian allegations as "nonsense and propaganda" and said Islamic State was solely responsible for the attack.

[Jan_Sobieski]

No…I just don’t like Sodomites…or Canadian Sodomites.

[rxh4n1]

“And the Russian police stood around outside and did nothing for over an hour.”

Like all our cops at Uvalde.

[Mariner]

“No, the problem is that pro-Russian propagandists like you repeat every stupid Putin talking point.

The credibility of our government has nothing to do with ISIS claiming credit for the attack and having video sent to them from the attack to prove it.”

You would restrict what information people are exposed to.

And you are citing ISIS as a corroborating source for the US government.

And no, you will not convince anyone here that the US government is a credible source. But I hope you’ll try.

[Kazan]

You're lying. Russia has gone out of its way to avoid civilian causalities all while Ukraine, for a decade, has targeted civilians in Donetsk. Ukraine has used civilians as human shields, killed dissents like American Gonzalo Lira and shelled a nuclear power plant.