11:59 p.m. ET, March 23, 2024
Zelensky accuses Putin of seeking to blame live performance corridor assault on Ukraine
From The Gentleman Report’s Maria Kostenko
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is noticed in Kyiv on March 20.
Ukrainian Presidential Press Carrier/Reuters
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned “depressing” Russian President Vladimir Putin waited in a single day earlier than publicly addressing Russians, simplest to accuse Ukraine of getting a hand within the terror assault at a live performance corridor close to Moscow.
On Saturday, Putin advised the Russian those who the perpetrators of the Crocus Town Corridor assault had “attempted to cover and moved against Ukraine, the place, in step with initial knowledge, a window was once ready for them at the Ukrainian facet to move the border.”
Zelensky and a number of other Ukrainian officers have vehemently denied Ukraine has any more or less involvement within the assault.
In his nightly cope with, Zelensky additionally mentioned that Russians “have come to Ukraine, burn our towns – and take a look at responsible Ukraine.”
Zelensky added that if the Russian other people do “now not ask any inquiries to their safety and intelligence companies, then Putin will attempt to flip the sort of scenario to his private merit once more.”
Extra background: The fear crew ISIS claimed duty for Russia’s assault, in step with a brief observation revealed by means of ISIS-affiliated information company Amaq on Telegram Friday. ISIS has now not supplied proof to strengthen the declare.
Previous this week, Putin had brushed aside warnings by means of the United States embassy that there might be terrorist assaults on huge teams, telling the Federal Safety Carrier (FSB) that the embassy warnings had been “provocative” and “outright blackmail.”
