MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. It is too early to talk about Moscow’s reaction to potential evidence of Kiev’s involvement in a terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS.
"An investigation is still underway. It wouldn’t be correct to make what-if speculations at this point," he said, when asked if potential evidence of Kiev’s involvement in the attack would affect Moscow’s readiness to engage in peace negotiations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow was aware who carried out the attack but it would also like to figure out who the masterminds were. The head of state noted that it could be just another link in a whole chain of attempts by those who had been fighting with Russia since 2014 via the Kiev regime.
On the evening of March 22, a terrorist attack targeted the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, just over the Moscow city limits. At least 139 people were killed and 182 suffered injuries. Eleven individuals suspected of being involved in the terrorist attack have been apprehended, including four gunmen who were detained in the Bryansk Region, southwest of Moscow, as they attempted to seek refuge by crossing the nearby Ukrainian border. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that, according to preliminary information, the Ukrainian side had prepared "a window" in the border especially for the terrorists to cross undetected. He vowed to identify and punish all those who were behind the attack.