(CNN)– Ukrainian President’s Advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said on Friday that his country “has nothing to do with the shootings and explosions” in… Concert hall in Crocus, Moscow region.
Podolyak continued, via the X platform (formerly Twitter): “It is certain that Ukraine has nothing to do with it and this is absolutely illogical. Ukraine has been fighting against the Russian army for more than two years, and everything in this war will only be decided on the battlefield through weapons.” And decisions.”
He continued: “Terrorist attacks do not solve any problems, and Ukraine has never resorted to using terrorist methods. They are always meaningless, in contrast to Russia itself, which uses terrorist attacks in the current war against Ukraine.”
Earlier Friday, gunmen opened fire inside a concert hall in the Moscow region, according to the Russian official news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti.
At least 40 people were killed and more than 100 others were injured, according to preliminary information issued by the Federal Security Service, TASS reported, while Russia 24 channel said that the roof of the Crocus City Hall building had partially collapsed.
“People wearing camouflage clothing stormed the ground floor of the hall and opened fire,” RIA Novosti reported from its correspondent at the scene of the incident.
She added that the men “threw a hand grenade or a petrol bomb, causing the concert hall to catch fire.”
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin described the accident as a “terrible tragedy,” and Sobyanin said in a statement: “I have issued orders to provide all necessary assistance to everyone who suffered during the accident.”
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