


Dugin, one of Russia’s most prominent voices urging Moscow to intensify its war on Ukraine, has been a leading proponent of an aggressive, imperialist Russia. Dugina’s father, Aleksandr Dugin, a Russian ultranationalist, was the actual target of the operation, and that the operatives who carried it out believed he would be in the vehicle with his daughter. Since the beginning of the war, Ukraine’s security services have demonstrated their ability to reach into Russia to conduct sabotage operations. government last week….Īmerican officials have been frustrated with Ukraine’s lack of transparency about its military and covert plans, especially on Russian soil. The closely held assessment of Ukrainian complicity, which has not been previously reported, was shared within the U.S. Afterward, American officials admonished Ukrainian officials over the assassination, they said.

American officials also said they were not aware of the operation ahead of time and would have opposed the killing had they been consulted. The United States took no part in the attack, either by providing intelligence or other assistance, officials said. WASHINGTON - United States intelligence agencies believe parts of the Ukrainian government authorized the car bomb attack near Moscow in August that killed Daria Dugina, the daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist, an element of a covert campaign that U.S. Barnes, Adam Goldman, Adam Entous and Michael Schwirtz Believes Ukrainians Were Behind an Assassination in RussiaĪmerican officials said they were not aware of the plan ahead of time for the attack that killed Daria Dugina and that they had admonished Ukraine over it.īy Julian E.
