THE HAGUE, March 29. /TASS/. Ukraine was behind the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall, its planning and funding, Marcel de Graaff, European Parliament member representing the Dutch party Forum for Democracy, said.

"More than 130 people were killed in Moscow in a terrorist attack planned and paid for by Ukraine," he wrote on X.

According to de Graaff, this is why Western media outlets are trying to promote the allegation of Russia seeking to influence the European public opinion through funding far-right political forces. "It’s because we are supposed to continue hating them (Russia - TASS) and our children will soon have to die on the battlefield, defending the financial interests of the Western elite," the lawmaker pointed out.

On the evening of March 22, a terrorist attack targeted the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, just outside the Moscow city limits. According to the latest data, 144 people were killed and 382 people were injured, 217 of whom received outpatient care. For the first time since 2018, Russia declared a day of national mourning over the Crocus City Hall attack. All four perpetrators have been apprehended, along with another five people suspected of involvement in the terrorist attack. The Russian Investigative Committee said that investigators had found evidence of the perpetrators’ connection to Ukrainian nationalists.