The headquarters of Ukraine’s security service in Kyiv after a Russian drone strike on Friday. The building is just across the street from the landmark St. Sophia Cathedral.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has long viewed his country as being in conflict with the West, but he has denied Russia’s involvement in European sabotage.
President Volodymyr Zelensky described the shootout on the streets of the Ukrainian capital as an “absolutely shameful event” and ordered an investigation.
President Volodymyr Zelensky described the shootout on the streets of the Ukrainian capital as an “absolutely shameful event” and ordered an investigation.
He worked throughout the Middle East before joining a secret team that tried to obtain the release of Western hostages in Lebanon in exchange for arms sent to Iran.
John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, delivered an urgent message to Aleksandr V. Bortnikov, the head of Russia’s F.S.B. intelligence service this week in a secret visit to Moscow.
Officials were careful not to point a finger, after revealing what they said was a plan for a political attack, at a time when a series of destabilizing actions have been blamed on Russia.
“This case shows that we are working on the assumption that the risk level is high,” Alexander Dobrindt, the German interior minister, said at a news conference on Friday.
Even as the White House claims to be focused on transparency, it has ignored a congressional requirement to disclose a report on foreign meddling in the 2024 election.
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