events at federal cultural institutions have been cancelled, there will be no performances at the bolshoi theater, the moscow oleg tobakov theater, the chekhov moscow art theater, the satire theater, the russian academic youth theater, the mayakovsky theater and others. a message appeared on the website of moscow state university about the cancellation of the open day ; it was scheduled for tomorrow, march 24. most universities have switched classes these days to remote mode. the ministry of emergency situations has opened a hotline for informational support for psychological assistance in connection with the terrorist attack in crocus cityholi phone number 8 800 775 17 17 now on the screen you also see emergency phone numbers that may be needed primarily by the relatives of the dead victims, these are the hotlines of the ministry of health, the ministry of emergency situations, including the center for emergency psychological assistance and a psychological hotline for...

the russian red cross, which, in connection with the terrorist attack, it was decided to switch to round-the-clock operation. so, what is known about the terrorist attack at crocus sitiholi up to this minute? as told governor of the moscow region, rescuers, after long hours of fighting the fire, managed to enter the auditorium, where the temperature was high, it was there that the fire was probably located. the roof over the hall has collapsed and the rubble is being cleared. the fire has been mostly extinguished, but some fires remain. areas, structures are leaking, the investigative committee reported that, according to preliminary data, there are more than 60 victims of the terrorist attack, and this number may increase further. vladimir putin was reported on the progress of the investigation, this was done by the heads of law enforcement agencies, the fsb, the ministry of internal affairs, the investigative committee and the russian guard. in turn , the head of the ministry of emergency situations said what was being done to save people. the president also listened to the head of the ministry of health mikhail murashka, the governor of the moscow region andrei vorobyov and deputy prime minister... tatyana

gollikova. they informed vladimir putin about helping the victims. gollikova noted that the president wished all the victims recovery and thanked the doctors. many of the injured are residents of krasnogorsk, khimki, moscow, nine people are in extremely serious condition, 60 are in serious condition, the majority are in moderate condition. more thirty victims were treated on an outpatient basis. at least eight minors were among the injured. the ambulance will arrive.

part of the roof has collapsed, more than 300 fire rescuers are working on the site, and they have over 130 pieces of equipment at their disposal, including three helicopters. at the last hour , terrorists started shooting at the spectators right in the hall before the start of the concert. eyewitnesses said they shot people at point-blank range , threw incendiary bombs, and two explosions were reported. all necessary actions to search for and apprehend criminals are taken special forces detachments of the fsb and the russian guard. the terrorist attack was reported to vladimir putin in the very first minute; according to presidential press secretary dmitry peskov, the head of state receives all operational information and gave all the necessary instructions. the investigative committee qualified the incident as a terrorist attack, and a criminal case was initiated. the investigative committee showed a video from the scene of the tragedy, department specialists are confiscating weapons and ammunition, the first ballistic examinations are already being carried out, a large number of kalashnikov assault rifles have been found.

medical institutions in moscow, the remaining 15 in hospitals in the moscow region. now back to what is happening at the scene of the tragedy, our correspondent egor grigoriev is working there, he is live, egor, greetings, what information do you have for this moment? roman, hello, the first shots of what is happening inside, the sitiho crocus has now been published by the governor of the moscow region andrei vorobyov, it is clear that the room has been badly burned out, it is clearly visible in the photographs and on the video. even the smoke that

is there now is literally everything reprimanded, despite the fact that the fire was localized, the fire area was almost 13 thousand square... they are using, continue to use special towers for this, there is a lot of work, they continue to extract from the rubble the injured dead, those people who were not only in the spectators hall, but those who tried to run away from there when the terrorists opened fire hid in utility rooms, and to survive, and i remind you that the terrorists simply mercilessly shot unarmed people point-blank, now researchers and criminologists are working on the spot together with employees of the ministry of internal affairs and the fsb. they confiscate evidence, confiscate firearms, these are

kalashnikov assault rifles, a lot of cartridges. and this is what the official representative of the investigative committee, svetlana petrenko, said. criminal case. at the moment we can already talk about more than 60 dead, and this figure may increase. in addition, investigators are confiscating weapons and ammunition from the crime scene, which are currently being inspected; it has already been appointed that

investigations into weapons and ammunition have already begun promptly. other material evidence, genetic, fingerprinting

, seats in the building, several tickets, several dozen tickets were just not sold out, everyone came to the concert of the picnic group, these are people of different ages, pensioners, and young people, about whether they managed to catch the terrorists now, the representative of the investigative committee did not say, it is only known that the search for the renault car, the white car that eyewitnesses witnessed, continues. noticed the cityhall crocus at the entrance even before the concert started, from which an armed group of people ran out , literally immediately, and machine gun fire rang out , they were hit with a burst of fire, they were hit with single shots, people were trying to run out of the hall,

panting, many were helping each other, now eyewitness stories are already appearing, one woman said that many... tried to leave the hall was across the stage, but the terrorists were also next to her, one of the men who came to the concert managed to take away the weapons from the terrorist, managed to resist him, thanks to this hitch, thanks to his selfless act, several dozen people managed to run out of the hall, i think that there will be more and more such stories by this minute... and the list of victims has already been published on the official website of the ministry of emergency situations of russia , the ministry of health states that there are 115 victims, mikhail murashko said that , that emergency assistance has already been provided to everyone, they are now continuing

to do everything necessary to deliver people to medical institutions, the governor of the moscow region, andrey vo doctors for their dedicated work for the help they are now providing, thank you, i want hug you all, thank you, you are great fellows. save a life , thank you, i want to once again emphasize that individual fires are still ongoing in the sitiho kroku building, you can see a column of black smoke above the building, the structures have collapsed, the roof has collapsed at the building from under the rubble now. the injured and dead are getting up , and this work will continue for many more

hours, ambulances are on duty, more than seventy of them are involved here today, more than 320 rescuers, firefighters, 130 units of equipment, if will be needed in the future, then helicopters will also be brought in, which previously helped extinguish the fire here with the help of drainage devices, but... and of course, the whole world, the whole country is in solidarity today, they express words of support, people bring flowers, come to our embassies and consulates, in particular to the embassy in belarus in minsk, to the embassy in the united states of america, we continue to monitor how events are developing here, i hope that we will return soon with new details, roman, yes, egor, we will wait, thank you, at direct communication from the body of setiho. our correspondent egor grigoriev, this is what egor was just talking about, a message from taz literally just arrived,

the evacuation of victims of the crocus city hollis terrorist attacks instead of an emergency has been completed, as according to the information agency , ambulances transported the wounded to medical institutions, air ambulance helicopters involved while transporting the victims, they returned to the base; at these moments, doctors save lives. not injured during the terrorist attack in crocus city, almost all the operations that the victims needed already completed, severe patients are in intensive care, everything for their treatment, medicines and equipment are available in sufficient quantities, the wounded were received by several moscow and regional clinics, including the skleifasovsky ambulance, deputy prime minister tatyana golikova and minister of health mikhail visited there goosebumps. now the numbers have not changed, we still have 115 patients in inpatient departments, of which 110 are adults, 60 are critically ill

, five children, of which one is critically ill, and some patients will be transferred to federal institutions, we are already seeing this, and we reported to the president about the situation, today the main task of providing assistance upon admission has been completed, work is now continuing to stabilize patients.

there was panic, well, we were right there inside. andrei lepko, one of the eyewitnesses of the terrorist attack in crocus cityhole, his family trip to the concert almost turned into a tragedy when the terrorists opened fire on people, a bullet hit andrei’s wife in the leg. now the woman is safe and the operation was performed, but andrei himself thanks in this salvation of those who care. they dragged her out into the street and she was the first one. the car that came across stopped, well done people took it, they quickly took her to the car, and this is far from the only heroic act, there are too many wounded, the carriages will soon... they can’t take everyone away, although there are more than fifty cars, get to the hospital or just to a safe place , those in need are helped by those who have transport, take someone for free, if you take anything, yes yes, i am a person first, and then a taxi driver, and today, why not just one day work for free, right , what's wrong with it, for the sake of people, as if everything, a terrible

tragedy united hundreds of strangers to each other , the lives of the wounded on... the girl who filmed this video noticed that the man's clothes were covered in blood, it turned out that he he was dragging the wounded away from a burning building, and are you wounded? his car is still there, show me , no, he was dragging people, show me, come here, now the lives of the victims are in the hands of rescue doctors, but the help from ordinary people does not stop, crocus city hall are on duty various intelligence agencies. the area is cordoned off by police to keep people in shape; local residents offer them hot tea, blankets, water and food. what happened is, of course, a terrible tragedy, it seems to me that my motivation does not need explanation, if any help is suddenly needed, on this day the truly russian motto is more relevant than

ever, we do not abandon our own, and it will always be so. speaker of the federation council valentina matvienko said that the families of those killed and wounded in crocuti holly will be provided with all possible assistance, and those who are behind this crime will suffer a well-deserved and inevitable punishment, she wrote about this in her telegram channel. the people who committed this monstrous terrorist attack must be destroyed, these are the words of state duma speaker vyacheslav volodin, he expressed deep condolences to the relatives of the victims and wished a speedy death.

he expressed hope that the organizers and perpetrators of this crime will soon be found and punished. the csto secretary general, imangali tasmagabetov, in a telegram to vladimir putin, condemned the terrorist attack in crocus cityhall. he also expressed expressed condolences to the relatives of the victims, calling the incident a cruel and unjustifiable crime. the official representative of the russian ministry of foreign affairs, maria zakharova, said that the department is now receiving calls from around the world from ordinary people, they condole over the terrible tragedy and strongly condemn this bloody terrorist attack that occurred before the eyes of all mankind. all people who have a heart, all people who have a mind, all

people who have a conscience call this a monstrous crime, a bloody one.

i wished patience and strength to the relatives of the victim and a speedy recovery to all those injured. president of uzbekistan shavkat mirziyoyev also sent words of condolences and support to vladimir putin. he condemned the terrorist attack against civilians and wished recovery to the wounded. alexander lukashenko expressed confidence that those who attacked people in crocus city will soon be found and punished.

this is a brutal murder for which there can be no justification, the president of belarus emphasized. he sent words of condolences to vladimir putin on his own behalf belarusian people. another message, the president of kyrgyzstan sadyr dzhaparov sent a telegram of condolences to vladimir putin, in which he emphasized that kyrgyzstan. for uniting the efforts of the world community in the fight against international terrorism, on behalf of the entire kyrgyz people , sadyr japarov conveyed words of deep sympathy to the relatives of the victims. governor of the primorsky territory oleg kozhimyako expressed his condolences to the relatives of those killed in the terrorist attack in krokul. he noted that those responsible for this tragedy must be punished deserved punishments. dear friends, today primorzh residents are mourning along with the whole country. the terrible events that happened in crocus city near moscow shocked each of us. we express our sincere condolences to all the relatives of the victims and wish

the wounded a speedy recovery. we are canceling all cultural, public and entertainment events for the coming days. this inhumane crime must not go unpunished. i am confident that the terrorists will receive the punishment they deserve. governor of the sakhalin region valery limarenko expressed the words support for the victims and families of the victims. he also noted that on this sad day the people of russia need to unite. there was a terrorist attack in croco city. residents of sakhalin and kurel are mourning together with muscovites. i want to say that we are with you in our thoughts, dear friends, all entertainment events for saturday and sunday are cancelled. russia is strong in spirit. let us unite together in this difficult hour, and of course, victory will be ours. condolences and words of support in connection with the tragedy in crocus tiholi are now coming from

all over the world. members of the un security council strongly condemned the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack at the concert hall in krasnogorsk. they emphasized the need to bring to justice the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of these criminals. acts of terrorism and bringing them to justice, and also called on all states to actively cooperate in this with the government of the russian federation. french president emmanuel macron strongly condemned the terrorist attack in krasnogorsk. the statement of the elysee palace was quoted by major french media. in addition, the ministry of the fifth republic expressed solidarity with the russians in connection with the tragedy. peru and ecuador expressed sincere sympathy and condolences to the government and the people of russia. prime minister. viktor orban expressed his deepest condolences to the people of russia in connection with the heinous terrorist attack. he added that hungarians are praying for the families of the victims of the tragedy.

germany and canada have expressed their shock at the horrific attack on innocent people at the cityholi crocus. the german foreign ministry added that it is necessary to carry out investigation into the circumstances of the attack. the turkish foreign ministry and the country's ruling party also expressed their deepest condolences to the russian people. turkish politicians and diplomats called the incident a heinous terrorist attack on innocent civilians . the official representative of the ruling party, amer chilik, wrote on social networks that he shared the pain and grief of the russian people. italy strongly condemned the terrorist attack in crocus city hall. prime minister giorgia miloni called it an unacceptable massacre. the european union condemned the terrorist attack in crocusiholi. a representative of the foreign ministry wrote about this on his page. yes peter stano. he added that europe is shocked by what happened and the thoughts of europeans with the injured russian citizens. the head of meath and

osce chairman-in -office ian borg condemned the terrorist attack at kroku city hall and expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims. according to borg, malta is shocked by what happened. venezuelan leader nicolas maduro condemned the brutal attack and offered condolences to the families of the victims. he expressed confidence in the unity of the russian people at this difficult moment. the austrian and swiss foreign ministers expressed condolences to the russians and wished a speedy recovery to the victims. the spanish foreign ministry said it was shocked by the news from russia; they expressed solidarity with the families of the victims and condemned any form of violence. tunisia, the united arab emirates, saudi arabia, syria, poland and portugal condemned the terrorist attack. words of support were expressed by the foreign ministries of france and armenia. the head of israel's foreign ministry expressed himself.

the us is monitoring what is happening. the only thing on this hour the official reaction from white house homeland security speaker john kirby at today's white house daily briefing , he first said that the united states has seen these horrific videos from moscow that show brutal shootings, that these images are terrible and difficult to watch . and he said that at these moments the thoughts of us citizens and the administration are with the families of those killed in this attack. in his

statement, this is that, according to him, the united states did not have advance information about the preparation of a terrorist attack in moscow, or rather in moscow region, in addition, he stated that the united states sees no signs that ukraine or ukrainian citizens are involved in this terrorist attack. there is no evidence that the terrorist attack has anything to do with ukraine or ukrainians. we will still look into this, but i can say in advance that this is not related to ukraine. he also said that, of course, this would be a difficult day for... loved ones and for all of moscow, the entire moscow region, and that the thoughts of us citizens are with them at this moment. at the same time , the white house speaker recalled that the state department advises americans in moscow to avoid large gatherings, especially concert halls, and to follow further news on the state department website. at the same time, as we remember, on march 8 , it was the united states and great britain that were the first at the strange embassies, which warned both their citizens and their employees to avoid

public places. gatherings and concerts were also mentioned separately, that’s what was unknown, and we know that maria zakharova has already stated that the united states is obliged to hand over all the information that they had or have about volume, prepared or any information that can help identify the perpetrators and quickly solve these terrorist attacks. dmitry melnikov and pavel kostrikov, news from washington. in st. petersburg, after the tragedy in crocus holly, security measures and large gatherings of people were strengthened, governor alexander beglov announced. he noted that all entertainment events in st. petersburg will be canceled over the coming weekend. due to the terrorist attacks on crocus cityhole, other regions are also canceling sporting, cultural and other public events, governor in the nizhny novgorod region, gleb nikitin announced the cancellation, including sporting events, until further notice. the head of dagestan, sergei melikov, also announced a similar decision.

list of regions that have canceled mass events. ulyanovsk, voronezh regions and other regions. the maximum third level of security operates at transport facilities, as reported by the ministry of transport. in connection with the additional measures being taken, passengers are asked to arrive at airport stations in advance, and also be understanding about the inspection procedures. events. security measures have been strengthened on... transport infrastructure in crowded places in the moscow region. avtodor has also strengthened safety measures along its entire road network. enhanced checks are taking place at the mikinino metro station. the capital's debtrans reports that it is operating normally.

so, what is known about the terrorist attack at crocus sitiholi up to this minute? as the governor of the moscow region said, after long hours of fighting the fire, rescuers managed to enter the auditorium, where the temperature was high. it was there that the hearth was probably located fire. the roof over the hall has collapsed and the rubble is being cleared. the fire has been mostly extinguished, with some burning areas and structures remaining. they spit. the investigative committee reported that according to preliminary data, there are more than 60 victims of the terrorist attack, and this number may increase further. vladimir putin was informed about the progress of the investigation; this was done by the heads of law enforcement agencies, the fsb, the ministry of internal affairs, the investigative committee and the russian guard. the head of the ministry of emergency situations told what is being done to save people. the president also listened to the head of the ministry of health, mikhail murashk.