This Interview Predate The Crocus Attack In Moscow

Misbar investigated the circulating video and found the claim to be misleading. 

The Interview Is Not Related To The 2024 Terror Attack In Moscow 

Misbar's team found that the video dates back to December 2023 and shows Budanov being asked if Ukraine is behind drone strikes on a Russian air base. 

In the ABC Interview, Budanov stated that Ukraine has not acknowledged responsibility for the attack on Russia's Engels Air Force Base on December 25. However, Budanov conceded that he found the incident satisfactory.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a Ukrainian drone was intercepted and shot down near the Engels base early morning on December 26, 2023, resulting in the deaths of three service personnel due to falling debris. The attack marked the second strike on the airbase, situated approximately 300 miles from the Ukrainian border and over 450 miles southeast of Moscow. The Engels airbase, a relic of the Soviet era, holds immense importance for Russian air force operations against Ukraine and the nation's strategic nuclear forces.

Allegations by Russia's Spy Chief: U.S., Britain, and Ukraine Implicated in Moscow Concert Hall Attack

According to state news agency Tass, Alexander Bortnikov, the director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), has alleged, without substantiation, that the United States, Britain, and Ukraine were involved in Friday's attack on a Moscow concert hall, which resulted in the deaths of at least 139 individuals. Ukraine has refuted Russian claims of complicity in the attack, which the Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for.

Western nations have stated that their intelligence suggests the Islamic State-K, the Afghan offshoot of the Islamic State, was responsible. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently asserted that radical Islamists carried out the terrorist attack but reiterated his previous assertion that the perpetrators had planned to flee to Ukraine before being apprehended.

Additionally, Bortnikov has reportedly indicated that the number of accomplices in the concert hall attack is expected to surpass the current count of 11 detainees.

Eighth Suspect Detained in Moscow Concert Hall Attack Case

Officials announced on Tuesday that a Russian court had ordered the detention of an additional suspect in connection with the attack on the Moscow concert hall, which resulted in the deaths of at least 139 people. Earlier, Moscow had disclosed the detention of 11 individuals linked to the Crocus City Hall attack.

The latest suspect to be remanded is a man originally from Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, as stated by the court's press service. Officials indicated that he would remain in custody until at least May 22, although they did not specify the exact charges against him.

On Sunday, four men from Tajikistan were charged with perpetrating the attack. Additionally, three more suspects, reportedly from the same family, including at least one Russian citizen, faced terrorism-related charges on Monday.

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