The two-sided response of the White House to the terrorist attack in Moscow
The spokesman of the National Security Council of the White House said that linking Ukraine to Moscow's attack is a misconception, and said that there is no indication that the domestic political motive in Russia is related to this attack. |
reported by Dera denied the attack.
“John Kirby” at the same time described the incident as a “terrible armed attack”.
While expressing sympathy for the victims of this attack, he said that it is still too early to make a final assessment about this attack.
Kirbi answered the question whether Ukraine had anything to do with this attack, he said: There is currently no indication that Ukraine or Ukrainians are involved in this attack, but the news about this attack is still very recent and being updated.
He added: We will investigate this issue, but do not get the wrong impression from the first hour that this issue is related to Ukraine.
Kirby noted that there was also no indication that the attack could be linked to political motivations within Russia.
This senior White House official, in response to a question about the security alert of the US embassy in Moscow, which was issued some time before the attack, stated that there was no specific connection between the security alert and the attack. There is no Moscow.