Putin says Moscow concert hall gunmen tried to flee to UKRAINE despite ISIS claiming responsibility for terror attack
RUSSIAN state TV has broadcast a deepfake of Ukraine's top security official appearing to brag about Kyiv's role in the terrorist massacre at a concert hall in Moscow.-generated video of Oleksiy Danilov is doing the rounds online in an apparent disinformation campaign to sow fury and confusion over who wasRussia is reeling after the horrific terror attack last night - the worst to hit the country in 20 years.
In the video, the fuzzy-looking face of Danilvov appears to say: "Is it fun in Moscow today? I think it's a lot of fun. I would like to believe that we will arrange such fun for them more often." He continued: "All four perpetrators of the terrorist act who shot and killed people have been detained. "Understandably, this version does not withstand criticism understood by everyone in the world except perhaps the Russian population, which may be indoctrinated," he said.
British and US intelligence services alerted Russia earlier this month of the threat of a terror attack on Moscow - something the Kremlin sought to downplay, describing it as "provocative".The gunmen began shooting civilians at point-blank range - through glass doors, turnstiles and then the concert hall itself, traumatised witnesses said.
Footage showed dozens of bodies, some in pools of blood, lay motionless on the marble floors and at the main entrance."It was loud, like a firecracker blast, fireworks, but like an automatic burst. I could hear it right behind me, not far away."Another witness said: “We huddled in a corner at the entrance. He came up and started shooting directly at people.Another woman told how she feigned being shot - which saved her life.“One of them came running back and started shooting at us.
He has headed the ten year US-led coalition Operation Inherent Resolve against ISIS, which saw Western troops stationed in Iraq and Syria - two hotbeds of the terror group's activity. Extremist Islamist groups including the Houthis and Hezbollah have aimed attacks at the US and the UK, citing support of Israel - because of their war against Hamas.
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