United States condemns attack in Moscow; Ukraine tries to stop accusations

Search efforts in a concert hall Moscow continues after the attack perpetrated last Friday where more than 6,000 people attended. authorities of Russia To date, 133 people have died and more than 100 have been injured.

Authorities from several countries have rejected the terrorist attack and have expressed their solidarity with the Russian people. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that the United States condemns ““strongly” the attack, adding that “ISIS – another acronym for IS – is a common terrorist enemy that must be defeated everywhere.”

Meanwhile, the acting Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, said he hopes that the attacks will not serve as a pretext for an “escalation” of the Russia’s war with Ukraine.

““I hope it does not serve as a pretext for an escalation of a war that should never have started,” he said in statements to Portuguese journalists on the sidelines of an event at the Portuguese embassy in Paris.

Ukraine speaks out

In the midst of the conflict that has been going on for more than a year with Russia, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyaccused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Saturday of trying to “place the blame” on Ukraine of the terrorist attack.

“What happened yesterday in Moscow is obvious: Putin and the other bastards are trying to blame others” for the attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State (IS) organization, Zelensky declared, after Russian leaders mentioned the existence of a Ukrainian clue in the massacre.

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