WASHINGTON
\nUnited States\u2019 Intelligence Agencies believe Ukrainians were behind the killing of Darya Dugina, daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist, international media reported Thursday. According to a report in the New York Times, the assessment of alleged Ukrainian complicity was shared within the US government last week.
\nThe US officials who spoke about the intelligence did not disclose which elements of the Ukrainian government were believed to have authorised the mission, who carried out the attack, or whether President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed off on it. Those briefed on the Ukrainian action and the US response spoke on the condition of anonymity, in order to discuss secret information and matters of sensitive diplomacy, the report said.
\nDugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel, was killed when a bomb exploded in her car in August, in an attack that Russia blamed on Ukrainian \u201cspecial services\u201c.
\nUkraine\u2019s government denied involvement at the time, and when asked about the US intelligence assessment, Zelenskyy adviser Mykhailo Podolyak reiterated those denials.
\n\u201cAgain, I\u2019ll underline that any murder during wartime in some country or another must carry with it some kind of practical significance,\u201d Podolyak told The New York Times. \u201cIt should fulfill some specific purpose, tactical or strategic. Someone like Dugina is not a tactical or a strategic target for Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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