'Embarrassed' Putin will try to 'deflect blame' of Moscow terror attack | Brig. Gen. Zwack

"A lot of just normal well-heeled Russians out for a nice concert were caught up in this awful situation. Putin will not accept fault for this and this is what makes the Ukraine thing particularly worrisome."

Putin will try to shift focus and blame to Ukraine for missed chances to stop the Moscow Crocus City Concert Hall terror attack to save his regime and security forces, Brig. Gen. Peter Zwack tells Frontline on #timesradio
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[geofflewis]

Stalin ignored warnings from the Allies about German plans to invade in 1941, reality avoidance which almost cost the the war..

[maryedoolan]

How on earth were those 4 men going to get into Ukraine unless of course the Russian army has melted away and no longer man the border, swim possibly?

[dentyx]

If it had been a student protesting the war the police and fsb would of been there in minutes

[JaneSoole]

From INSIDE RUSSIA: Konstantin Samoilov....there was a POLICE STATION INSIDE THE VENUE...(a policeman was caught on video fleeing after the first gunshots), as well as a police station 5 minutes drive away...so why an hour or more to get there?

[finlaymunro]

As someone involved in navigation systems all my long life, I can guarantee that the incursion into Polish airspace was no 'anomaly'

[johnnydoe]

How Incompetent you have to be, to get
Intelligence 2 Weeks in Advance and
Still Fail to Intercept them ? 🤣🤣

[Poppy]

Whatever sympathy we express for the victims will be more than they expressed for the Ukrainians

[steveborgmalta]

Putin can say and lie whatever he wants and his circle will have to agree that it's a great idea just not to disappoint him for their own better interest.

[mycatspethooman]

A true narcissist never accepts any blame

[davidfoster]

The white van they were supposedly escaping in had Belarus plates 8682 AX-3 another goof by the FSB.

[vgfcbvk]

Doesnt matter what he says or does, he failed to protect his people

[snacks]

One of the men firing inside the theatre was well built/stocky, the pictures of the arrested men are all thin built men.
Either the Russians have the wrong people or the FSB did the operation themselves. Within 2 miles of the theatre was the armed response units, who did not get involved for over an hour. A vehicle with Ukrainian plates is allowed to drive through Russia with armed in. Subtly is something Russia can not do. I would not be surprised if they all claim they came from Ukraine as mercenaries.

[davidfoster]

It took Putins special services one and a half hours to get to the music venue while only 9 minutes away.

[browngreen]

How could 4 guys cause all that damage? Why did it take so long for Russian security to arrive? Why did Putin ignore the US warning? 😮

[topsuperseven]

to be very clear: I'm not another armchair keyboard military expert claiming I know how I'd have stopped the maniacs but after seeing the utterly horrifying videos it SEEMS like a stunning amount of time where there is nobody responding, no armed guards or police or 'SWAT' or even any security and staff doing any kind of alarms, some procedures. Granted, video clips could be very misleading BUT considering these events have been targeted before in similar ways I would have easily believed there is some onsite heavily armed guard in some perch somewhere. or really seeing ANY kind of response.

[Howdy]

Russian peoples approval of terrorist attacks on neighboring countries: 87%.
Russian peoples approval of terrorist attacks on Russian concert venues: tba.

[michaelahern]

Putin blames Ukraine when it snows in Moscow...😂😂

[markmierzejewski]

Deflecting blame doesn't change the reality that the events they are deflecting already happened.

What are they going to do about it?

[alanspittal]

Have you noticed, its always rock concerts wether in france, england, russia, they dont like young people & their families enjoying themselves at rock concerts . Even putins regime has often described rock music & their performers as "decadent activities" He is closer to the flat earth society than his own people.

[freebornjohn]

Its never Putin and Trump's fault, their egos would implode if they had to accept responsibility for anything.