State Dept Denounces Russia's 'Ridiculous Claim' About Ukrainian Involvement In Dagestan Attack

3 months ago

State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller was asked about Russia trying to blame Ukraine for the recent attack in Dagestan.

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00:00Does the government have any response to Moscow's latest accusations, as they summon a U.S.

00:05ambassador today, saying that the U.S. is, quote-unquote, waging a hybrid war and is

00:09part of their war?

00:10MR.

00:11HOOKER.

00:12So I've seen the comments from the Government of Moscow.

00:13I think they pertain to the reported strike in Crimea.

00:20I will just tell you what the ambassador said when she met with the Russian foreign ministry,

00:26and that is, of course, that we lament any civilian loss of life in this war.

00:31We provide weapons to Ukraine so it can defend its sovereign territory against armed aggression.

00:36That includes in Crimea, which, of course, is part of Ukraine.

00:39And Russia could stop this war today and end the suffering caused by the war Russia launched

00:48today if it would stop its occupation of sovereign Ukrainian territory and stop launching attacks

00:53on civilians.

00:54QUESTION.

00:55Thank you.

00:56They also tried to blame Ukraine for the Talestan attack.

00:57How much do you know about what happened, and what's your reaction?

00:59MR.

01:00HOOKER.

01:01I don't have any assessment of the underlying attack, including who was responsible for

01:04it, but I will say you have seen Russia make ridiculous claims about responsibility in

01:08the past.

01:09You might recall that after the terrorist attack in Moscow in March, they blamed the

01:13United States, despite the fact that the United States had warned them about the attack in

01:17advance.

01:18So it's not unusual for the Government of Moscow to make ridiculous, hyperbolic claims

01:23about responsibility that aren't borne out by fact.

State Dept Denounces Russia's 'Ridiculous Claim' About Ukrainian Involvement In Dagestan Attack

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