Russia creating a "smokescreen of propaganda" following attack, UK says

 

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt told British broadcaster Sky News that the UK government has "very little confidence in anything the Russian government says" regarding the Kremlin's claim that Ukraine was somehow involved in Friday's Moscow Crocus City attack. Is".

On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an address that the four attackers had tried to flee to Ukraine "where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them on the Ukrainian side to cross the state border."

“We know that they are using propaganda cover to defend their completely evil invasion of Ukraine. But, that doesn't mean it's not a tragedy when innocent people lose their lives, when you have terrible bombings,” he said.

Hunt added that he "takes what the Russian government says very seriously... after what we've seen from them over the last few years."