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Russian president Vladimir Putin’s claim on Saturday that the four men who attacked a concert near Moscow were heading towards Ukraine when they were detained, has been criticised as “absurd”.
Putin, addressing the nation following the attack that has left at least 133 people dead, he vowed that anyone who ordered the assault will be “justly and inevitably punished.”
Referring to the men now detained by Russian security forces, he said: “They tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them from the Ukrainian side to cross the state border.”
Mykhaylo Podolyak, an aide to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky earlier denied Russian security service suggestions that Ukraine was involved in the attack, calling the claims “absurd”.
Russia‘s state Investigative Committee said 133 people had been killed, including children.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, the deadliest in Russia since the Beslan school siege in 2004 when terrorists killed 334 people.
Isis claims responsibility as 133 people killed at Moscow concert hall
Matt Mathers and Joe Middleton report:
Russian missile went 2km into Polish airspace, Polish army says
A Russian missile went about 2km into Polish airspace early on Sunday morning before returning to Ukraine, a Polish army spokesperson said.
“One of these (Russian) rockets at 0423 crossed into our airspace, moving at a speed of almost 800km per hour,” Jacek Goryszewski told reporters. “It went around 2km over the border.”
The spokesperson added that Polish airspace is now safe and that there are no further missile attacks on Ukraine happening as of now.
Russia violates Poland’s airspace during cruise missile attack on western Ukraine
Russia violated Poland’s airspace with a cruise missile on Sunday as it launched a major air attack on western Ukraine, according to the Polish armed forces.
Russia launched air raids on or around several major Ukrainian cities, including Lviv near the Polish border and the capital Kyiv, just hours after Vladimir Putin vowed to take revenge for the Isis terror attack on a Moscow concert hall.
The Russian president promised that anyone involved in the assault will be “justly and inevitably punished”.
Russia flies flags at half-mast in mourning of victims of concert hall attack
Russia has lowered flags to half-mast for a day of mourning for the 133 people gunned down at a rock concert on Friday, an attack claimed by the Isis militant group.
Vladimir Putin had declared a national day of mourning after pledging to track down and punish all those behind the attack, the deadliest in Russia for two decades.
“I express my deep, sincere condolences to all those who lost their loved ones,” the Russian president said in an address to the nation yesterday, his first public comments on the attack.
“The whole country and our entire people are grieving with you.”
Even though Isis claimed responsibility for the attack on Friday and again yesterday, Mr Putin has not publicly mentioned the militant group in connection with the attackers, who he said had been trying to escape to Ukraine.
He asserted that some on “the Ukrainian side” had made preparations to spirit the attackers across the border, without providing evidence to back his claims.
Watch: Russian emergency services wade through rubble at site of Moscow attack
Aftermath from the Moscow massacre that left at least 143 people dead has seen emergency services wading through rubble to make what remains of the building as safe as possible.
11 people have been detained after the Isis claim responsibility for the attack, which took place at Crocus City Hall on Friday (22 March).
At least four men began shooting at patrons as they waited for a rock band to start, before allegedly letting off petrol bombs, causing the building to go up in smoke.
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Russian emergency crew wade through rubble at site of Moscow attack that killed 143
Aftermath from the Moscow massacre that left at least 143 people dead has seen emergency services wading through rubble to make what remains of the building as safe as possible. 11 people have been detained after ISIS claim responsibility for the attack, which took place at Crocus City Hall on Friday (22 March). At least four men began shooting at patrons as they waited for a rock band to start, before allegedly letting off petrol bombs, causing the building to go up in smoke.
Survivor says gunmen were ‘shooting directly into the crowd'
Videos posted online showed gunmen in the venue shooting civilians at point-blank range. Russian news reports cited authorities and witnesses as saying the attackers threw explosive devices that started the fire, which eventually consumed the building and caused its roof to collapse. Dave Primov, who survived the attack, told the AP that the gunmen were “shooting directly into the crowd” in the front rows. He described the chaos in the hall as concertgoers raced to escape: “People began to panic, started to run and collided with each other. Some fell down and others trampled on them.” After he and others crawled out of the hall into nearby utility rooms, he said he heard pops from small explosives and smelled burning as the attackers set the building ablaze. By the time they got out of the massive building 25 minutes later, it was engulfed in flames. “Had it been just a little longer, we could simply get stuck there in the fire,” Primov said.
Russia fires over 50 missiles, drones on Ukraine in overnight assault
Russia launched 57 missiles and drones on Ukraine in the early hours of today, including attacking Kyiv and the western Ukrainian region of Lviv, officials said, with Poland’s armed forces saying one of Russia’s cruise missiles briefly violated Polish airspace.
Ukraine’s air force destroyed 18 out of 29 Russia-launched missiles and 25 out of 28 attack drones, it said on the Telegram messaging app.
Several explosions rocked Kyiv early today, with Ukraine’s air defence forces destroying about a dozen of Russia-launched missiles over the capital and its vicinity, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Telegram.
He added that there was only minor damage from the attack.
Moscow terror attack: How deadly shooting, fire and car chase unfolded
As the clamour and noise grew louder for the artists to take to the stage at Crocus City Hall, a sprawling shopping mall and music venue, a devastating act of violence was carried out that left more than 130 people dead and dozens more injured.
It is the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege, when terrorists killed 334 people.
Joe Middleton reports:
The Moscow attack shows the threat from Isis is as high as ever – the West must beware
Strong indications that Islamist extremists were planning to carry out an attack – “a spectacular” one in terms of its lethal ambition – had been around for a while. And there was a certain grim inevitability to the massacre of more than 140 people, which took place yesterday in Moscow.
Despite relations between Nato and Russia reaching the lowest point since the coldest of times during the Cold War, channels of communication on matters of terrorism have remained active between the Kremlin and a number of Western states.
It is believed that the US, and then the UK, were receiving information at the start of the year that Isis was planning an attack in Russia in the near future, and warnings were passed on to Moscow by the Americans.
Russia violates Poland's air space in attack on Ukraine, Poland's armed forces say
Russia violated Poland’s airspace in the early hours today using a cruise missile launched at targets in western Ukraine, Poland’s armed forces said.
“On 24 March at 4.23 am (0323 GMT), there was a violation of Polish airspace by one of the cruise missiles launched overnight by long-range aviation of the Russian Federation,” the armed forces said on the social media platform X.
“The object entered Polish space near the town of Oserdow (Lublin Voivodeship) and stayed there for 39 seconds. During the entire flight, it was observed by military radar systems.”
Lviv city in western Ukraine came under heavy Russian air attack this morning, with Moscow reported to have fired several cruise missiles.
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