— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: A suspicious white minivan with a Ukrainian license plate is reportedly being checked in the Crocus parking lot by anti-explosive squads

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Some are saying the license plate is Belarussian. I personally do not know.

But Russian channels described it as an "old-style Ukrainian plate".

⚡🇷🇺 A suspicious black box was discovered in a Saint Petersburg mall. Authorities have cordoned off the area and are actively investigating.

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— 🇮🇷/🇷🇺 The Iranian Foreign Minister, Amir Abdollahian, offers his condolances to the Russian nation

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— Remember who was threatening the Russians a while back… 🇮🇱

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— This information is fake, these people were killed during a police raid in Ingushetia three weeks ago.

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— 🇷🇺 NEW: After more than 2 hours, it has become clear that the attackers managed to escape from the Crocus City Hall

An intense search by all the relevant law enforcement agencies is currently ongoing to find the perpetrators.

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— 🇷🇺 NEW: The official death toll is approximately 70, but the identification of new victims is still underway and the toll is expected to rise even further

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— My take:

It was likely done by Ukrainian / American intelligence services, using ISIS as an easy cover story.

All they had to do is recruit some Dagestanis or Chechens, give them training & intelligence, and tell them what to do.

ISIS will take responsibility for anything these days in an attempt to stay relevant, and the US knows this.

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— 🇷🇺 BREAKING: The attackers were 'Slavs, above average height, probably using fake beards and mustaches', and were likely part of the Ukraine-backed 'Russian Volunteer Corps' – Sources to Kommersant, one of Russia's largest newspapers

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Держитесь, братья. Мы все с тобой. Россия не прощает, ее друзья тоже.

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— 🇷🇺 A few updates on the Crocus City Hall massacre:

- The FSB states that 11 people have been arrested in connection with the attack, among them 4 of them were involved directly in the shooting.

- The 4 attackers were arrested on the M3 highway near Bryansk, headed straight towards Ukraine. They started to flee when the car was stopped.

- The 4 attackers all have Tajik nationality. In interrogations, one of them said he received 500.000 Rubles to commit the attack.

- The FSB confirms that Ukrainian contacts were waiting near the border to receive the terrorists.

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— 🇷🇺 NEW: Death toll of the Crocus massacre has reached 115 – TASS

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— 🇷🇺 NEW: Death toll of the Crocus massacre has reached 143 people – RT

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— 🇷🇺 BREAKING: President Vladimir Putin is about to address the Russian nation

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— 🇷🇺 Speech started.