the worldwide neighborhood condemns the assaults | EUROtoday

No Ukrainian involvement

If Russia didn’t instantly accuse anybody, Mykhaïlo Podoliak, an advisor to the Ukrainian presidency, hastened to make clear that the nation, which has been going through a Russian army offensive for 2 years, “has not absolutely nothing to do” with the assault. A unit of Russian anti-Kremlin fighters behind a number of armed incursions on the Russian border in latest months, the Russian Freedom Legion, has additionally denied any involvement. Ukrainian army intelligence, nevertheless, accused “Russian special services” of being behind the assault in Moscow “on the orders of Vladimir Putin” so as to “accuse Ukraine” and provoke “escalation” and to “expand” its assault towards its neighbor.

The White House, for its half, indicated that it had “no indication at this stage that Ukraine or Ukrainians were involved” within the assault. In distinction, the US Embassy in Russia had warned its residents that it was “closely monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, including concerts.” The United States additionally expressed its “thoughts alongside the victims of the terrible attack,” assured a presidential spokesperson, referring to “horrible and difficult to watch images.”

EU condemns “all attacks against civilians”

President Emmanuel Macron “strongly condemned the terrorist attack claimed by the Islamic State”, in response to the Élysée. “France expresses its solidarity with the victims, their loved ones and all the Russian people,” continues the French presidency. He was adopted by Chancellor Olaf Scholz: “Our thoughts are with the families of the victims and all the injured,” he wrote on X (previously Twitter).

Through the voice of Peter Stano, its spokesperson, the European Union stated it was “shocked and dismayed” by this assault, and specified that “the EU condemns all attacks against civilians”.