Many Dead In Shooting Attack On Moscow Concert Hall

[ichkeria]

And Russia already blames Ukraine ... 🙄

https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/03/22/at-least-12-reportedly-killed-dozens-injured-in-shooting-at-moscow-region-music-hall

 

[ichkeria]

Russian authorities are just aching for this to be the work of Ukrainians. They got very stroppy when the US appeared to say it was unlikely and their NTV channel, which is quite mainstream, aired a fake video showing Ukraine's Oleksey Danilov gloating over the attack. 
Meanwhile Putin wished survivors "a speedy recovery" as if they had a mild flu.

What a car crash of a country 

[mushroom25]

// Russian authorities are just aching for this to be the work of Ukrainians. //

it's gotta be Ukraine - what other choice has Putin got? if it's not Ukraine he can hardly redeploy forces to see off any new threat......

[ichkeria]

The odd thing is all the arrestees are apparently Tajiks, tho I would also treat that with some scepticism. I suspect they are all Russian citizens.

[ynnafymmi]

A false flag operation from Putin .How much more innocents blood does he want on his hands?Where is the Russian version of Lee Harvey Oswald when we need him most?

[Mozz71]

It would be a surprise if these guys are ISIS. They tend to go down in flames rather than escape and get captured later. It really does sound like a false flag operation. The Kremlin think nothing of sacrificing 150 innocent civilians to give mad Vlad an excuse to further the war effort.

[ichkeria]

I honestly don't think this was a false flag operation. Although I agree it will seem like it because the authorities will try to cover their embarrassment by blaming convenient suspects. Putin doesn't need false flags any more really. His war machine is already at full tilt.

As for ISIS, that is a bit of a catch-all term really: my guess is that these were operatives from one of the regions that has suffered most under the war: Buryats, Ingush, Bashkirs, Dagestanis: all those regions have already seen significant unrest. But under the guidance perhaps of forces from outside Russia.

Or maybe just revenge for Syria, in which case maybe something more external.

[ichkeria]

I'll tell you what Ukraine WAS responsible for: an attack on the Black Sea fleet comms HQ over overnight using British Storm Shadow cruise missiles. At least three scored a direct hit 

[Gromit]

Russia was warned by Washington that an attack on a concert in Moscow was immenent. The US warned its citizens in Russia to avoid such venues, and it tipped off the Russian authorities. In reply, 3 days before the attack, Putin dismissed the warning "He spoke directly to what he said were "provocative statements" from the West about potential attacks within Russia. He said the warnings "resemble outright blackmail and the intention to intimidate and destabilise our society".

Bad call Vladimir.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68646375

[ToraToraTora]

I don't think it's false flag but I do think they ignored the US warnings. Another TROP attrocity.