Washington believes that Ukraine may be behind the drone attack on the Kremlin in early May.
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This is reported by the New York Times, citing sources in the White House.
Such conclusions were made by American intelligence on the basis of intercepts of messages from the Russian and Ukrainian sides.
Initially, some US officials viewed the attack on the Kremlin as Moscow’s staging, designed to escalate the conflict. However, the US then intercepted messages in which Russian officials discussed the incident and the results of the preliminary investigation. As it turned out, the Russian authorities were surprised by the drone attack and blamed Ukraine.
Similarly, it turned out that some Ukrainian officials tend to consider the attack on the Kremlin the work of their country, writes NYT. US sources emphasize that the findings of US intelligence are only speculation. There is no sufficient evidence of Ukraine’s involvement.
The publication reminds that the United States is the world’s largest supplier of weapons to Ukraine and such incidents are of great concern to the Joe Biden administration. The White House fears that they may give Russia a pretext to extend the war beyond Ukraine.
The United States is currently investigating the circumstances of the invasion of the Belgorod region by pro-Ukrainian Russian subversive groups this week.
American officials believe that this could also have been an action planned in Kyiv, despite the fact that voluntary groups of Russians claimed responsibility for it.
Earlier in the United States, it was also assumed that Ukraine was involved in the murder of Daria Dugina, the daughter of the Russian war ideologist Alexander Dugin. She was blown up in a car in August 2022, NYT recalls.
The Ukrainian authorities have not officially claimed responsibility for these attacks.
Source: Racurs
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