The shooting in Moscow was carried out by a Ukrainian hit team using people from Tajikistan.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The claim that a Ukrainian hit team carried out the Crocus City Hall attack is contradicted by sources showing the Islamic State affiliate claimed the attack and four Tajik gunmen were convicted, while Russia's Ukraine link was asserted without presented evidence and rejected by Kyiv. The Tajik element is supported, but the Ukrainian attribution, the claim's central assertion, is not.
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… What was your take on it? What do you know about it? What can you tell us? Because it's already out of the news. They made sure that, yeah, it's out of the news. That was a Ukrainian hit team using a group of people, it's been a little while since I even considered that, um, from Tajikistan, I think. Well, Central Asia, yes, it was Tajik. Tajik's probably trained in Afghanistan, um, and the use of ISIS. You know, I have several lengthy papers proving without doubt what ISIS is. It's an arm of the Us. …
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Contradicts. AP reports that the March 2024 Crocus City Hall attack was claimed by an Islamic State faction, and that Putin and Russian officials claimed Ukraine had a role 'without presenting evidence,' which Kyiv strongly denied.[1]
Contradicts. BBC reports that an Islamic State affiliate admitted the attack and posted video evidence, and that a Russian military court convicted four gunmen, all Tajik citizens, plus 11 accomplices, while Moscow's Ukraine accusation remained an allegation denied by Kyiv.[3]
Contradicts. CBS reports that ISIS claimed responsibility and that the four gunmen, all citizens of Tajikistan, were arrested hours after the attack; Russian claims of Ukrainian involvement are described as unevidenced.[4]
Contradicts. Reuters reports that the United States attributes sole accountability for the attack to the Islamic State, and that Ukraine rejected Russia's claims of Ukrainian nationalist involvement.[2]
Supports. Multiple sources confirm that the four gunmen were Tajik nationals, so the claim's reference to people from Tajikistan is accurate.[2][3][4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 1, 1 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Trial begins for suspects in 2024 Moscow concert hall attack ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2What do we know about the suspects in the Russian concert shooting?reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 3Nineteen jailed over Moscow's deadly Crocus City Concert hall attackbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 419 convicted over Moscow concert hall attack claimed by ISIS ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 5March 24 Moscow concert hall attack | CNNedition.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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