US warned Russia about terror threat before attack

the U.S. provided “clear, detailed information” about a terrorist threat at large gatherings and concerts in the Russian capital.

He said the first correspondence was made March 7 to Russian security services.

Russian news outlet SHOT published a video of an exchange in which a reporter asked Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, whether it was “ISIS (Islamic State) or Ukraine?” according to Reuters.

“Of course Ukraine,” Patrushev replied. Asked about the remark later, he said there were “many” indications of Ukrainian involvement.

Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak denied the accusations.

“Ukraine certainly has nothing to do with the shooting/explosions in the Crocus City Hall (Moscow Region, Russia). It makes no sense whatsoever,” Podolyak wrote on X on March 22.

On the same day, Russia launched the largest wave of missiles and Iranian-supplied drones against Ukrainian cities since the war began. The attack left more than 1 million homes without electricity.

AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES, FILE A man carries wooden crosses during a funeral ceremony of three children, killed in what local Moscow-installed officials say was a Ukrainian attack, in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine. The United States refutes claims that Ukraine was responsible.