Ukraine has nothing to do with Dugina’s murder – Zelenskyy
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — FRIDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2022, 22:50
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine had nothing to do with the murder of Darya Dugina, a Russian propagandist.
Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with BBC
Quote: "We had nothing to do with it."
Details: The journalist’s question was: "The United States suggest that Ukraine was involved in the recent murder of a Russian journalist, Darya Dugina, whose car was blown up. Could you tell me if there is any truth to this?"
Previously: On 5 October, the New York Times, citing sources in the American intelligence community, reported that American security services believed that Darya Dugina’s murder was a result of a secret operation conducted by someone in the Ukrainian government.
Background:
- On 20 August, Darya Dugina, the daughter of "Putin’s ideologue" Aleksandr Dugin, was killed when her car exploded in flames near the village of Bolshie Vyazyomy, on the outskirts of Moscow.
- The Office of the President of Ukraine has denied that Ukraine was involved in the murder of propagandist Darya Dugina.
- Ilya Ponomarev, a former member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (the Russian parliament), said that the so-called National Republican Army (NRA) claimed responsibility for the murder of Darya Dugina.
- Russian investigators believe that the car in which Darya Dugina was killed in an explosion was blown up remotely.
- On 22 August, the Russian Federal Security Service claimed that the assassination of Darya Dugina was orchestrated by the Ukrainian security services.
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