Handcuffed, with bandages, swollen faces and blackened eyes, the four alleged perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Moscow are taken to court. One is being wheeled away unconscious.
Most have pleaded guilty. Seven others remain in custody. All are foreign nationals, mostly from Tajikistan.
People flock to the Crocus Center concert venue to pay their respects to the victims. But Vladimir Putin, alone, lights a candle in their memory in the church of his residence outside Moscow.
Despite the ISIS video showing terrorists firing Kalashnikovs at viewers, the Kremlin spokesman declined to comment on the jihadist group’s claim of responsibility. In the spikes for a possible failure of the Russian security services, he underlined that it is difficult to avoid every hit.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “Unfortunately, the world is showing us that no city, or country, can be completely immune to the threat of terrorism. The fight against terrorism is an ongoing process that requires full-scale international cooperation.”
Emmanuel Macron urged Moscow to avoid instrumentalizing the attack, said it had offered Putin help against terrorism, while increasing security measures in France. Ukrainians and the United States reject Putin’s suspicions of Kiev’s involvement.
US Vice President Kamala Harris said: “No, there is no evidence. And in fact, what we know to be true is that ISIS-K is in fact, and based on all the evidence, responsible for what happened.”
Maria Zakharova replied that the Americans did not show such speed in the Kennedy assassination. Once again Putin’s close associate has vowed revenge. Russia’s National Security Adviser Dmitry Medvedev underlined: “We will take revenge for all the victims. And those involved, regardless of their country of origin, position, status, are now our main and legitimate target.”
At least five thousand people were evacuated shortly after the Crocus Center attack, and 100 were rescued from the basement and rooftop of the burning building.
Damages and injured from a double missile strike in Kiev
To the sound of sirens and explosions, children run for safety on the outskirts of Kiev. The Ukrainian capital was targeted for the third time in 5 days by Russian hypersonic missiles, launched from Crimea. The alarm was sounded after the first explosions, which destroyed houses and a sports center and injured residents.
Smoke rises from buildings in this aerial view of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)
Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko noted: “This is a residential area with educational facilities. There are no military targets, so you can only talk about a terrorist attack.”
Odessa and Mykolayiv were once again targeted at night. As the Kremlin decides how to handle the war-related terrorist attack in Moscow, the Russian military steps up its bombing of energy facilities, leaving Odessa and Kharkiv without electricity.
But Ukraine continues to do the same. I was hit by a large power plant in Rostov. While, after its last attack in the occupied Crimea, the secret service of the army estimates that it caused serious damage to the two Russian landing ships Azov and Yamal.
Volodymyr Zelensky underlined: “I am grateful to all the heroes who destroy enemy positions in the occupied territories. Who “cleanse” the Crimea and the Black Sea from the presence of the conqueror”.
Ukraine claims to have destroyed about a third of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, with strikes mostly carried out by self-made maritime drones.
However, “hot” questions are also being raised about the security measures in Russia, which has put all the weight on the war with Ukraine and seems unprepared to face such situations at home.
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