Zelenskyy: Putin uses ISIS terrorist attack in Crocus to unite Russian population against Ukraine as much as possible.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Vladimir Putin has made "ridiculous insinuations" accusing Ukraine of involvement in the terrorist attack in the Crocus.

He said this in an interview with CBS News, Censor.NET reports citing LigaBusinessInform.

According to him, it did not come as a surprise to him when Putin said that Ukraine was allegedly involved in the terrorist attack at the Crocus concert hall.

"Even after ISIS claimed responsibility. Ridiculous insinuations," Zelenskyy said.

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He noted that Putin does not care whether it is a terrorist attack, an economic attack, an attack on Russia's oil industry, or any other area.

"He uses it to unite his society as much as possible - even what happened in Moscow, with so many victims and wounded, he uses it all with only one purpose - to justify that Ukraine does not exist," the head of state said.

Terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow

On the evening of March 22, a shooting took place at the Crocus City Hall in the Moscow region. Later, a fire broke out in the building. On the morning of March 23, the head of the FSB reported to Putin that 11 people had been detained, including "all 4 terrorists." According to the latest data, 143 people died as a result of the shooting at the Crocus City Hall in the Moscow region.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin says that the terrorists who opened fire at the Crocus City Hall concert hall intended to flee to Ukraine.