According to him, under the administration of former US President Donald Trump, IS* “virtually went out of business.”
“They had less than a thousand fighters left... and now they have recovered. Partly because, having left Afghanistan, we were unable to carry out regular strikes on them,” the senator said.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the United States, after the terrorist attack, was making excuses for Ukraine, covering up Vladimir Zelensky with a mention of ISIS*.
* “Islamic State” (IS, ISIS) is an organization recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.