A New York Times report summarizes statements from anonymous U.S. officials about the drone strike on the Moscow Kremlin. Washington officials indicate that the attack could have been organized by one of Ukraine’s secret services, but they do not know whether President Volodymyr Zelensky was informed beforehand. The article notes that the United States has not yet identified which Ukrainian group was responsible.
According to U.S. intelligence, the operation may have involved a Ukrainian private military or intelligence unit. The timeline presented suggests uncertainty over who within Ukraine planned and executed the strike, with some sources indicating that Zelensky or high-ranking Ukrainian officials might not have been briefed prior to the incident.
The report also highlights internal competition and overlapping duties among Ukraine’s various intelligence agencies. This organizational fragmentation makes it harder to determine the exact unit involved in the Kremlin attack, as different agencies sometimes pursue parallel objectives.
In the same briefing, the publication indicates that the United States also holds Ukraine’s security services responsible for other high-profile actions, including the killing of journalist Darya Dugina, the death of military official Vladlen Tatarsky, the occupation of border areas in the Belgorod region, and the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline. These associations underscore the delicate and contested nature of intelligence operations linked to Ukraine in recent years.
Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly asserted that Kiev was not behind the Kremlin drone strike, a point echoed by officials and allied observers amid ongoing investigations and international discussions about responsibility and attribution.