“Ukrainian truck.” This is what several users claim to have seen in a video allegedly filmed not far from Moscow's Crocus City Hall, the site of the shooting in which more than 130 people lost their lives. The alleged presence of a Ukrainian truck fuels the Kremlin's theory that Kiev served as a “window for terrorists” affiliated with ISIS-K – whose alleged involvement has been confirmed by US intelligence – who opened fire at concerts in the room on Friday 22 November. He walks. However, the truck's license plate is Belarusian.

For those in a hurry:

• Photos of an alleged Ukrainian truck near Crocus City Hall in Moscow are circulating.
• Posts sharing the video support Moscow's narrative that it blames Kiev for the attack.
• However, the truck's license plate is Belarusian.
• The part of the license plate bearing the Belarusian flag was hidden in the videos released by the Russians.

Analyse

Let's see a screenshot of One of the posts Verification subject. The description reads:

I think we've started… nothing can be ruled out yet… but the arrival of a truck with a Ukrainian license plate in Moscow… seems a bit strange to me…… “suspicious” “A white minibus with Ukrainian license plate” near Crocus, supposedly accessed by the killers and possibly mined. It's also clearly full of Yarosz's business cards and photos of Bandera.

Belarusian truck license plate

To understand the nationality of the truck, you can look at the license plate, which in this case is partially obscured. The final characters can be distinguished: 94 IX-6. This license plate cannot be Ukrainian. In fact, in document From the Ukrainian government on the format of license plates, issued in 2011, we read that Ukrainian license plates, since 2007, “must contain three to eight letters, three to eight letters or three to seven letters and numbers.”

There is a dash on the license plate, which according to the regulations cannot be contained in the Ukrainian license plate. As seen on the specialized site Painting obsession, typical police for license plates in Belarus. These consist of four numbers, followed by two letters, a hyphen and two other numbers. Corresponding to the part seen on the truck.

One could argue that the truck has an old license plate. But even from 1995 to 2004, when the hyphen was part of Ukrainian license plates, it separated not just the last digit, but two numbers and two letters, he again explained. Painting obsession.

Conclusions

Photos of an alleged Ukrainian truck near Crocus City Hall in Moscow are circulating. Posts sharing the video support Moscow's narrative that it blames Kiev for the attack. However, the truck's license plate is Belarusian.

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