According to the New York Times, US intelligence officials speaking to the newspaper stated that the US was not a part of the attack and did not provide intelligence or other assistance.
Noting that they were not aware of the bomb attack on Dugina, the authorities also stated that they would have opposed the murder if they had been consulted.
“UKRAINE PLAYED A ROLE IN THE ATTACK”
US intelligence services believe that some elements of the Ukrainian government authorized the bombing of Darya Dugina in Moscow.
The assessment that the US alleged “the Ukrainians took part in the attack” was shared within the US government last week.
Accordingly, “the United States is concerned that such attacks may affect the course of the battlefield and RussiaHe fears that it may “encourage” the U.S. to launch attacks against senior Ukrainian officials.
“TARGET WAS ALEKSANDR DUGIN”
On the other hand, it is stated that US officials are “frustrated by Ukraine’s lack of transparency regarding its military and secret plans, especially on Russian soil”.
Some US officials suspect that the main target of the operation was Dugina’s father, Aleksandr Dugin, and that the agents who carried out the operation believed that Dugin was in the vehicle with his daughter.
A BOMB ATTACK WAS ORGANIZED ON THE VEHICLE
Darya Dugina, daughter of Russia’s well-known political expert Aleksandr Dugin, died when the car she was in exploded on 20 August near the city of Odintsovo in the Moscow region.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that it was determined that Ukraine’s special services were behind Dugina’s murder with a bomb attack.
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