LOS ANGELES.–Russian authorities claim today they have evidence that Ukrainian nationals financed the March 23 terror attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall concert venue, killing 140 innocent concert goers. Western officials, led by Ukraine, were quick to deny any involvement in the attack, blaming it on ISIS-K, a deadly terror group that battles with Russia and Western alliance forces in Syria and Afghanistan. If, in fact, the Kremlin has proof of Ukrainian nationalists involvement in would be similar, but far more deadly, than the inexplicable bombing Sept. 28, 2022 bombing of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. Ukraine denied any involvement, something refuted Nov. 11, 2023 when the Washington Post confirmed that Ukrainian Special Operations Forces Roman Chervinsky was involved in the underwater sabotage-bombings of the German-Russian pipeline.
Russia said from the outset of the March 23 Crocus City Hall concert massacre that there was Ukrainian involvement, citing that at least four terrorists tried to cross into Ukraine before apprehended by Russian authorities. Western officials, especially Ukraine’s 46-year-old President Volodymyr Zelensky, denied an involvement in the terror attack killing 140 innocent concert goers. Kremlin officials claim they have convincing proof of Ukrainian involvement, something that makes sense when you consider the over two-year-old Ukraine War has not involved cross-border involvement with Ukraine and Russia. U.S., European Union [EU] and NATO officials must recognize facts, whether they want to or not. Ukraine’s special operation was involved in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 undersea bombing six months after 71-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine Feb. 24, 2022.
Western officials need to get to the bottom of the horrific March 23 terror attack at a Moscow concert venue. As much as Western powers have taken Ukraine’s side in the war, giving unlimited cash-and-weapons to Kiev, it’s time to start moving the conflict from the battlefield to the peace table. As much as 81-year-old President Joe Biden talks tough during an Election Year about his anti-Kremlin mission in Ukraine, Ukraine has clearly crossed the line, now twice, denying any involvement. “As a result of working with detained terrorists, studying the technical devices seized from them, and analyzing information about financial transactions, evidence was obtained of their connection with Ukrainian nationalists,” said the Kremlin statement. Western officials can’t dismiss the Kremlin’s criminal investigation outright because they know what happened with Nord Stream 1 and 2.
Ukraine denies all involvement in attacks inside Russia, when U.S. and NATO weapons were restricted to use on the Ukraine battlefield. As much as the U.S., EU and NATO take Ukraine’s side against the Kremlin, new information raises disturbing facts of how Ukraine sees the war as a no-holds-barred affair with the Russian Federation. Russian officials say they have compelling proof of how much cash Ukraine paid the Tajik-born terrorists that were paid handsomely to carry out the March 23 slaughter on Russian civilians. Russia arrested 11 people, including the four trigger men, in connection with the terror attack. Terrorism experts noted the similarities between the 2015 ISIS-K terrorist attacks at Paris’ Bataclan Theatre, where masked gunman used automatic weapons to massacre 131 concert goers including seven terrorists who lost their lives in the mayhem.
U.S. officials said that embassy officials warned Russian authorities of intel about a possible terror attack two weeks before the March 23 incident. No question that the attack had all the hallmarks of ISIS-K but U.S. officials can’t rule out that Ukrainian nationals didn’t finance or arrange the attack on Russian civilians. Zelensky has grown more desperate as he’s run out of armaments necessary to prosecute the war, pressuring the U.S., EU and NATO to supply more weapons-and-cash to Kiev. If Russia has new evidence of Ukrainian involvement in a terror attack on Russian civilians, it’s a game-changer for the U.S., EU and NATO. No one in the Western alliance can accept using terrorism as a tactic for military gains in Ukraine, the Middle East or elsewhere. White House officials must face the facts if Russia has proof of Ukrainian involvement in the March 23 terror attack.
Zelensky and his junta denied emphatically that Ukraine had any involvement in the 2022 undersea bombing of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, only six months into the Ukraine War. It took some good investigative journalism to connect the dots back to Ukraine’s Special Forces. But once the Western alliance knew about Ukraine’s involvement they should have put Zelensky on notice that there are limits to U.S. and Western Alliance support. Russian authorities were unconvinced of Western denials over possible Ukrainian involvement in the Crocus City Hall concert massacre. If Russia has evidence of Ukrainian involvement or financing in a terror attack, the U.S., EU and NATO must agree to let the U.N. set up the necessary peace mechanism for ending the Ukraine War. If Russia facts prove correct, the Western Alliance must end all support for the Ukraine War.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
