Former US President Donald Trump said that if he had been able to, he would have directly told Russian President Vladimir Putin about a possible terrorist attack on Moscow's Crocus City Hall.
In an interview with US radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday, Trump said those things. That Washington "knew that the Moscow attack last week was going to happen," the reporter said, and he did not think that US President Joe Biden had called Putin to tell him. In his question, Hewitt asked the former president if he would have told the Russian leader about the terrorist plan himself.
"I would have called him. Trump said, "I would have told him."
Four shooters broke into the Crocus City Hall music hall outside of Moscow on March 22 and started shooting and setting fire to the building. There were over 500 injuries and at least 144 deaths in the massacre. Six of the dead were children. The terrorist attack killed more people than any other in Russia since the early 2000s.
Russian police arrested the four shooters who they think were behind the massacre as well as several other people they think were helping the terrorists with their plan.
According to Moscow, the attackers had a "window" ready for them to cross into Ukraine. ISIS-K, which is based in Afghanistan, claimed credit for the attack. In March, Aleksandr Bortnikov, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), said that the US, UK, and Ukraine may have been involved, but all three have denied this. Both Washington and Brussels have said that Kiev had nothing to do with the killings.
Following the killings at Crocus City Hall, the White House said that the US had told Moscow about a possible terrorist attack. However, Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), said that "the information was too general and did not allow us to fully identify those who participated in this terrible crime." I agree with this.
The Washington Post earlier this week, citing an unknown US source, said that the US had told Russia two weeks before the tragedy that a terrorist attack was going to happen. The news source said that Moscow had been told with a "high degree of specificity" that terrorists could target the famous venue.
On Wednesday, Maria Zakharova, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that the news source us report was completely wrong.
In an interview with US radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday, Trump said those things. That Washington "knew that the Moscow attack last week was going to happen," the reporter said, and he did not think that US President Joe Biden had called Putin to tell him. In his question, Hewitt asked the former president if he would have told the Russian leader about the terrorist plan himself.
"I would have called him. Trump said, "I would have told him."
Four shooters broke into the Crocus City Hall music hall outside of Moscow on March 22 and started shooting and setting fire to the building. There were over 500 injuries and at least 144 deaths in the massacre. Six of the dead were children. The terrorist attack killed more people than any other in Russia since the early 2000s.
Russian police arrested the four shooters who they think were behind the massacre as well as several other people they think were helping the terrorists with their plan.
According to Moscow, the attackers had a "window" ready for them to cross into Ukraine. ISIS-K, which is based in Afghanistan, claimed credit for the attack. In March, Aleksandr Bortnikov, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), said that the US, UK, and Ukraine may have been involved, but all three have denied this. Both Washington and Brussels have said that Kiev had nothing to do with the killings.
Following the killings at Crocus City Hall, the White House said that the US had told Moscow about a possible terrorist attack. However, Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), said that "the information was too general and did not allow us to fully identify those who participated in this terrible crime." I agree with this.
The Washington Post earlier this week, citing an unknown US source, said that the US had told Russia two weeks before the tragedy that a terrorist attack was going to happen. The news source said that Moscow had been told with a "high degree of specificity" that terrorists could target the famous venue.
On Wednesday, Maria Zakharova, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that the news source us report was completely wrong.
