Vladimir Putin has accused Ukrainian entities of working to aid the gunmen in Friday’s mass shooting in Moscow.
Several critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin have begun accusing the country’s government of carrying out the Moscow concert venue shooting as a „false flag“ operation to justify escalation against Ukraine.
On Friday, a group of gunmen opened fire at Crocus City Hall, a large music concert venue in the western portion of Moscow, according to initial reports from the state-run news agency RIA Novosti. At least 133 people died in the incident, according to the Associated Press. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), as well as top Russian officials, dubbed it a „terrorist attack.“ Russian authorities said they’ve detained 11 people connected to the attack, including four who were allegedly directly involved.
Across several recent posts on X, formerly Twitter, critics of Putin and the Russian government have alleged that the shooting was a „false flag“ operation concocted by the Kremlin, potentially to be used as a pretense for a later escalation of the war in Ukraine that has been ongoing since February 2022.
