Russia: US Covers Attack Masterminds In Focus Moscow

JAKARTA - The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) accused the United States of covering up the mastermind behind the terrorist attack in the Crocus concert hall near Moscow and trying to create distortions about what really happened.

"The US is covering up those responsible for the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall," SVR said in a statement quoted by ANTARA from Sputnik, Monday, April 1.

The statement also said the US special service had been assigned to dispel the world community's suspicions of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's involvement in the March 22 attack.

"The killing of civilians in Moscow [at Crocus City Hall] is directly linked to massive rocket attacks and attacks by Ukrainian sabotage groups in the Kursk and Belgorod regions," the statement read.

It was also mentioned at the same time that the data obtained by SVR indicated that while preparing an attack, Ukraine was actively using satellite information provided by US intelligence.

Opposition groups abroad engaged outside the official political organization have been ordered to raise narratives about "the Russian government's unreasonable use of terrorist attacks as justification of their actions in Ukraine," SVR said.