The Russian Embassy in China said in a post on its official Weibo account, "We received condolences from the Chinese people, thank you for your support." Many Chinese citizens are bringing flowers to the Russian Embassy and took to the Embassy's official Weibo account to express their sympathy and solidarity. @LauraRuHK

HIRED HANDS - 4 men in the white Renault caught on security cameras outside Crocus City Hall travelled towards Ukraine. The car was stopped in the Bryansk region before they could reach the border.
There are conflicting reports whether all members of the commando are detained. Soon the picture will become clearer. Meanwhile traffic restrictions have been introduced on a section of the M-3 "Ukraine" highway in the Bryansk region, which is the only official bit of information we have at the moment.
The detainees are believed to be citizens of Tajikistan. The Tajik embassy denied that its citizens have been arrested.

https://t.me/moscowmap/60681

TASS has just confirmed that two of the alleged suspects in Friday's terrorist attack in the Moscow Region have been detained, while others are being sought. @LauraRuHK https://t.me/LauraRuHK/7991

⚡️ TERRORISTS ARRESTED ⚡️Director of the FSB of Russia Alexander Bortnikov reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the detention of 11 people, including 4 terrorists, who carried out Friday's attack on Crocus City Hall, the Kremlin press office reported. ▪️The terrorists detained in Russia’s Bryansk region are now being transferred to Moscow — FSB

▪️Russia’s security service reports the Crocus attack was carefully planned, and an investigation into the incident is underway.

▪️It added that the weapons used were organized in a cache in advance.

▪️After the attack, the perpetrators intended to cross the Russia-Ukraine border and had contacts on the Ukrainian side. (Sources: RIA/RT) @LauraRuHK

❗️The number of people killed in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, Moscow region, has risen to 115.

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS - "If information about the Ukrainian trace in the terrorist attack is confirmed, there must be a clear answer on the battlefield", head of the State Duma Defense Committee Kartapolov told RIA Novosti. I don't think it will take long for that information to be confirmed. @LauraRuHK

https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/03/23/its-war-real-meat-grinder-starts-now/

Here it is again - direct link.

This goes way beyond terror hittin' Moscow - interlinking three key exhibits that show where we're headin'.

Real Highway to Hell starts now.

One of those detained on suspicion of the terrorist attack in Moscow explained that he had flown in from Turkey on 4 March. The video of the interrogation was published by Margarita Simonyan, RT editor-in-chief.

He said that he was offered half a million roubles "for killing people", adding that he received half of that sum before the attack. He had been contacted via Telegram (a month ago) and told where to find the weapons that had been previously hidden. https://t.me/rian_ru/237522

Everyone behind Moscow terror attack will be punished – Putin
Vladimir Putin addressed the nation about the Crocus City Hall shooting, denouncing it as a “bloody and barbaric” terrorist attack and vowing to punish all involved.

The president declared a national day of mourning on Sunday, March 24 and said "additional anti-terrorist and anti-sabotage measures have been introduced in all regions of the country. The main thing now is to prevent those who are behind this bloodbath from committing a new crime. (...) As for the investigation of this crime and the results of operational investigative actions, the following can currently be said. All four direct perpetrators of the terrorist attack were found and detained. They tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them from the Ukrainian side to cross the state border. A total of 11 people were detained. The Federal Security Service of Russia and other law enforcement agencies are working to identify and uncover the entire terrorist support base: those who provided them with transport, planned escape routes from the crime scene, prepared caches of weapons and ammunition.
Criminals went to kill in cold blood, shoot Russians at point-blank range, as the Nazis once did. Terrorists, murderers who do not and cannot have a nationality, face one unenviable fate – retribution and oblivion. They have no future. Our common duty now, our comrades–in-arms at the front, all citizens of the country, is to be together in one formation. I believe it will be so, because no one and nothing can shake our unity and will, our determination and courage, the strength of the united people of Russia. No one will be able to sow the poisonous seeds of discord, panic and discord in our multinational society." Full transcript here http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73703 @LauraRuHK
https://t.me/rian_ru/237594

“Yes” from France, Italy & southern countries – “No” from the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Denmark & Austria The discussion among European heads of state and government is expected to continue in the coming months. Brussels wants to build a military-industrial complex with public and private investments and the possibility of issuing Eurobonds for defense was one of the ideas under consideration.

However, the blocs that have formed seem reminiscent of those during the debt crisis. On the one hand, Northern countries, which do not embrace the idea of a common European fund to which they would contribute – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte expressed opposition – and on the other hand, Southern countries such as France, Italy, and Greece. For the EU morphing into a military power is easier said than done. 😏 @LauraRuHK

In Moscow people continue to bring flowers to the Crocus City Hall. The death toll has risen to 137, according to the latest data of the Moscow Region Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. https://t.me/rian_ru/237722

In yesterday's address to the nation, Vladimir Putin pointed out that "terrorists do not and cannot have a nationality". That's correct. Terrorists are hired guns, mercenaries who carry out tasks set by those who pay them. ▪️Putin appealed to ALL citizens of Russia, a multinational, multi-faith country, because Russia's strength lies in the UNITY of its people. Russia's enemies have long tried to destroy that unity by exploiting ethnic and religious differences. ▪️Speaking of nationality, Khushbakht Tursunov was a native of Tajikistan, graduated from the Syzran Higher Military Aviation School as a foreign student.
He obtained Russian citizenship and signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence, becoming a Russian officer. He was murdered by Maxim Kuzminov, an ethnic Russian. The same traitor who stole a helicopter and defected to the enemy. @LauraRuHK
https://t.me/MaksLifeOff/15631

The recruitment of assassins for the terrorist attack in Moscow's Crocus City Hall was organized through the Embassy of Ukraine in Tajikistan, according to a military expert, ex-special services officer, retired Colonel Bakhtiyer Rakhmonov.

A few weeks before the terrorist attack, information appeared on the website of the Ukrainian diplomatic mission about inviting foreigners to join the so-called "International Legion," he noted, providing RIA Novosti with a corresponding screenshot.

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