U.S. Believes Ukrainians Were Behind an Assassination in Russia [of Dugin's daughter]

The New York Times ^ | October 5th, 2022 | Julian Barnes, Adam Goldman and Adam Entous (Washington), Michael Schwirtz (Kiev)

[Ultra Sonic 007]

I'd give the standard disclaimer that this is the NY Times, but so many Freepers (wherever they stand on the Russia/Ukraine conflict) have relied on sources which used to be anathema around here that those sorts of disclaimers don't really apply anymore.

Posted solely for the sake of discussion.

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[JonPreston]

This is called throwing the Zelenskyy under the bus.

[Boogieman]

“could provoke Moscow to carry out its own strikes against senior Ukrainian officials...”

That horse has been out of the barn for 18 years now...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yushchenko

[lee martell]

“Oh, My!”

[janetjanet998]

“parts of the Ukrainian government” ??

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So if the CIA assassinated a target it would be “parts of the US Government” and not the “US assassinated”?

[Kazan]

The land of neo-Nazism doesn't come close to resembling a free country or democracy.

Add this to the fact that Ukraine has used civilians as human shields, shelling a nuclear power plant and repeatedly targeted civilians in Donetsk.

And, the Biden regime is complicit in all of Ukraine's war crimes.

[escapefromboston]

Yes but who is behind the Ukrainians?

[jimwatx]

I wonder why the US is saying this now? Perhaps they are worried that Russia is about to do a tit for tat and assassinate a Western leader to even the score? I wonder if next they will try and blame the destruction of the pipelines on Ukraine too? Wouldn’t surprise me since the US is taking lots of heat for the destroyed pipelines and is looking to distract from its culpability. So we’ll blame Ukraine for that too now. These neocons are an incredibly incompetent bunch even their excuses are a joke.

[thegagline]

By pushing this narrative, the United States is intentionally attempting to prod the Russians to retaliate. The nuclear October surprise?

[SaxxonWoods]

But those pipeline explosions are totally a mystery.

[Fido969]

United States intelligence agencies

Thr only reason they would release this to the New York Times would be if it were a lie.

[Chgogal]

US Intelligence? Where?

[PghBaldy]

If the NY Times us saying this, which makes Biden-supported Ukraine look bad, I believe it.

[devere]

This story just tells me how bad our “intelligence” is. They think the Ukrainians have those capabilities in the Moscow area and used them for this insignificant purpose? And they turned off the parking lot surveillance cameras weeks in advance? In my opinion this assassination was by the FSB, and no one else. The only question to me is whether Putin knew about it in advance.

[sappy]

guess we’ll have to throw billions more to Ukraine to be skimmed by the likes of Biden, Pelosi et al.

[drypowder]

US believes. Stopped reading there because I know it’s a BS coverup.

[MtnClimber]

By pushing this narrative, the United States is intentionally attempting to prod the Russians to retaliate. The nuclear October surprise?

I was thinking the same thing.

[EEGator]

I wouldn’t be surprised if some NYT reporters are spooks.

[MtnClimber]

By pushing this narrative, the United States is intentionally attempting to prod the Russians to retaliate. The nuclear October surprise?

I was thinking the same thing.