Lukashenko denies words about a Ukrainian window for terrorists
March 26, 2024
The ruler of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, actually refuted the version of the Russian authorities about a window prepared by Ukraine on the border for the terrorists who attacked the Crocus Town Hall. The BelTA news agency reported this on Tuesday, March 26.
According to Lukashenko, immediately after the terrorist attack, all security forces were involved and posts were created on the roads, including those with Russia. “So they [террористы] There was no way to enter Belarus. They saw it. Therefore, they turned around and went to the section of the border between Ukraine and Russia,” he emphasized, adding that the “curators” of the terrorists “understood that it was impossible to enter Belarus.” Russian President Vladimir Putin shares his suspicions about the “curators”.
Putin and Russian security officials blame Ukraine
The car with the terrorists who carried out the attack on the Crocus Town Hall was detained, according to the Russian FSB, in the Bryansk region, about 140 km from the border with Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin, addressing Russians almost a day after the terrorist attack, which according to official data killed 139 people and injured 182 others, said that the criminals were heading to Ukraine, where a “window” had been prepared for them. ” on the Ukrainian route. side to cross borders.
Russian security forces share the same position. FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov said that Ukrainian special services facilitated the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall and that radical Islamists prepared it. Bortnikov also called for the recognition of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) as a terrorist organization. Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, one of Putin’s closest advisors, also said that Ukraine was involved in the terrorist attack on the Crocus Town Hall. When asked who, in his opinion, organized this crime, Kiev or the Islamic State (IS), he replied that Ukraine was to blame.
Ukraine denies involvement in the attack
The Kiev government denies any involvement in the terrorist attack on the Crocus Town Hall. At the same time, the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group, Vilayat Khorasan, has repeatedly stated that it bears responsibility for this attack.
Western countries, including the US, UK and Germany, have said from the beginning that Ukraine had nothing to do with the terrorist attack.
Source: DW
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