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Kiev dismisses Putin’s claim Ukraine involved in Moscow attack
Ukraine’s military intelligence has sharply rejected comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin about the country’s alleged involvement in Friday’s terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall.
Putin’s claim that four perpetrators were arrested on their way to an escape route into Ukraine is an “absolutely false and absurd statement,” the spokesman of the HUR intelligence service, Andriy Yusov, said on Saturday.
“Of course, this version cannot stand up to criticism,” the spokesman said, according to the Ukrainian Pravda website.
“Everyone in the world understands this, except perhaps the zombified Russian population,” he added, listing the many obstacles preventing any such infiltration across the border.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been under way for more than two years, and the border areas are full of its troops, special agents, intelligence services and security forces, Yusov said.
“The border line is mined, it is monitored using all means, including aerial reconnaissance from both sides.”
The spokesman accused the Kremlin of wanting to use the tragedy in Moscow to intensify repression within Russia.
A day after at least 133 people died in the attack by gunmen on the Crocus City Hall concert hall near Moscow, Putin claimed in a televised speech that four of 11 suspects arrested had tried to flee to Ukraine.
He cited a “Ukrainian trail” in Friday’s bloody events, using a Russian expression for apportioning blame or involvement.
Russian propagandists were also quick to dismiss as fake a letter of confession from the Islamic State terrorist militia, which claimed responsibility for the attack.
Firefighting helicopter crashes, may have been involved in mid-air collision, authorities say
A firefighting helicopter crashed in Southern California Sunday while fighting a blaze in Riverside County, emergency officials said.
The helicopter was performing work under contract with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, fire captain and spokesman Richard Cordova said.
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Sheriff’s deputies responded at 7:20 p.m. to an air emergency as crews were battling the Broadway fire near Cabazon, according to a post by the Riverside County Sheriff’s office on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The department is still investigating the crash and whether other aircraft were involved, Cordova said.
CBS News Los Angeles says a “fiery mid-air collision” occurred.
The station says the incident took place on Native American land, where firefighters were fighting a 20-acre fire, adding that it was unclear whether a burn area near the crash site was from the ongoing fire or from the impact of the collision.
Details weren’t immediately available on the number of injuries or fatalities.
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Family of Ricky Cobb II, Black man fatally shot during traffic stop, calls for troopers involved to be fired
Racial justice groups and relatives of a Black man shot and killed this week by a Minnesota State Patrol trooper demanded Wednesday that the governor fire three officers who were involved in stopping the man on a Minneapolis freeway.
The groups and relatives of 33-year-old Ricky Cobb II made the demands at a news conference outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, two days after Cobb was killed during a traffic stop.
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Troopers had pulled over Cobb for a traffic stop early Monday on Interstate 94 in Minneapolis. Body and dash cam video from the state patrol show the taillights were out on the Ford Fusion Cobb was driving.
According to the head of the Minnesota State Patrol, after stopping the car, the troopers tried to take Cobb into custody for allegedly violating a restraining order before they fatally shot him as he began driving away.
Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, The Racial Justice Network, Black Lives Matter Minnesota and Cobb’s relatives gathered at the government center to demand that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz fire the state troopers who were involved in Cobb’s death and that Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty charge the officers in the case and issue a warrant for their arrests.
“The circumstances simply did not require the use of deadly force. Those officers acted recklessly and they must be held accountable,” Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and founder of the Racial Justice Network, said in the statement.
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Cobb’s mother, Nyra Fields-Miller, described the pain she has endured after her son’s death.
“I’m exhausted. My heart is heavy every day for the last three days. Waking up, I have migraines. And I’m hurt,” Fields-Miller said. “I would like those officers to man up.”
CBS News Minnesota reports that she also said, “I’m here to be a voice and stand strong like a rock that I am for my son and speak out.”
“My brother was a good man. He was a provider for all of us. He protected all of us,” said Octavia Ruffin, according to CBS News Minnesota.
The governor’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press about the family’s demand that Walz fire the troopers.
But Walz said earlier Wednesday on X, the social platform formerly called Twitter, that he had offered his condolences to Cobb’s mother and “assured her that a swift, thorough investigation has already begun and that we will do everything we can to get to the bottom of what happened.”
Authorities said that on Monday, the troopers who checked Cobb’s license found what Patrol Chief Col. Matt Langer called a “pick up and hold” on Cobb, meaning the nearby Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office suspected he committed a felony violation of a protection order and wanted to question him.
Langer said troopers checked to make sure Ramsey County deputies still wanted Cobb in custody, then tried to get him to leave the car.
When troopers opened his doors and attempted to pull him out, Cobb began driving with two troopers still hanging out the sides of the car, body and dash camera footage show. A trooper then shot him as he drove away.
The Hennepin County coroner ruled Cobb’s death a homicide caused by multiple gunshot wounds.
“A no-contact order doesn’t mean that an officer immediately gets to escalate to using force,” Emma Pederson, of Communities United Against Police Brutality, said at the news conference, according to CBS News Minnesota.
The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating. Three troopers have been placed on administrative leave, per State Patrol policy.
Moriarty said in a statement Tuesday that her “heart goes out to Mr. Cobb’s family.” She noted previous deaths caused by police.
“I also know this community continues to navigate the trauma and grief that results from police violence and the tragic loss of our community members at the hands of law enforcement, no matter the circumstances,” she said. “And I know that our community wants answers. We will work as swiftly as possible to provide them.”
In May 2020, the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police sparked a global protest movement and a nationwide reckoning on racism in policing.