‘It’s a lie’: Ukraine foreign minister says Russia linked Moscow attack to Kiev

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russia accuses Kyiv of involvement The Moscow Concert Hall attack was a “lie.” Kuleba said in an interview with India Today TV that the accusations were Russia’s attempt to “smear Ukraine in the eyes of the international community.”

On March 22, militants opened fire on concertgoers with automatic weapons, killing 144 people. Islamic State later claimed responsibility The attack was one of the worst in Russia in the past two decades.U.S. officials also said they had intelligence It was shown to be the work of the Islamic State in Khorasan (ISIS-K), the Afghan branch of the network.

However, Russia has claimed Ukraine was involved in the attack, and Russian investigators claim they have found evidence that the concert hall gunman was Linked to “Ukrainian nationalists”.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba spoke about the Russian accusations in an interview with India Today TV and linked them to Russian propaganda.

“This is a lie. No matter what happens in the world, Russia will try to use it to achieve two goals: 1) discredit Ukraine in the eyes of the world; 2) mobilize Russian society against Ukrainians,” he said.

Kuleba claimed that Russia was “desperately looking for excuses for their unprovoked and illegal aggression against Ukraine.”

“When I heard the news about Moscow, I said ‘make no mistake, within 24 hours they will try to find traces of Ukrainians in it’,” Kuleba said.

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister said: “Listening to Russian propaganda, they are only focused on one thing – defeating Ukraine. If they have to lie to achieve this goal, they will lie, and that is what they are doing.”

Russia and Ukraine have been at war since Moscow announced a “military operation” against the neighbor in February 2022.

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