Russia accuses the US of being directly involved in the Ukraine conflict

“Washington should be placed on the ‘war criminal list’ because it is currently directly engaged in ‘hostile acts’ in Ukraine,” State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said on May 7. citing media reports accusing the US of sharing intelligence with Ukraine.

Although there was no official response to the report from US authorities, Mr. Volodin commented on Telegram: “Washington is engaged in hostile acts in Ukraine. US President Biden has asked to stop the leak. leaks about intelligence exchanges with Ukraine, while acknowledging that Washington’s actions were exposed.”

Mr. Volodin said that the Ukrainian government relies not only on weapons from the West, but also on “the support of US intelligence services”.

The President of the Duma wrote that Washington “basically coordinates and develops military operations” in Ukraine, and is therefore directly engaged in “wars” against Russian forces.

“For the atrocities that the current Kiev regime is perpetrating in Ukraine, the American leadership is also responsible, they need to be listed as war criminals,” Volodin concluded.

The Pentagon previously denied some media reports and specifically denied that the US provided data that allowed Ukrainian forces to attack Russia’s Black Sea fleet ‘Moskva’ off the coast. Odessa last month.

“The Ukrainians have their own intelligence capabilities to track and target Russian naval vessels,” said US military spokesman John Kirby.

Previously, Russia insisted that its missile cruiser Moskva was not attacked, but sank on April 14 after a fire broke out on board causing the ammunition depot to explode.

The White House acknowledged that “the US National Security Council regularly provides detailed, timely intelligence to the Ukrainians on the battlefield to help them defend the country from the Russian campaign and promises to continue to do so.” so”.

This statement clearly does not come as a surprise to Moscow. On May 5, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists that Russian authorities know that the US, UK and NATO “regularly” transmit intelligence and other data to Kiev, and confirmed this. “cannot prevent Moscow from achieving the goals set out in the special operation”.