MOSCOW, October 24. /TASS/. Russia’s intelligence agencies possess evidence that the United States and the United Kingdom exercise oversight and sponsorship of Ukrainian intelligence, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

When commenting on a Washington Post article about a series of killings of Russian citizens, Peskov said: "Let’s not forget what we said a long time ago: Our intel agencies have repeatedly pointed to the evidence that we have of Ukrainian intelligence being closely supervised by the intelligence services of the United States, and the United Kingdom, one might add."

"Our intelligence agencies have long been quite well informed about this, and we have duly taken it into account," Peskov stressed.

The Washington Post reported earlier, citing official sources, that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) had set up special units to cooperate with US and British intelligence agencies. According to the authoritative newspaper, "the CIA worked with the SBU to create an entirely new directorate, officials said, one that would focus on so-called ‘active measures’ operations against Russia." The Washington Post also said that the CIA had participated in making preparations for a number of high-profile terrorist attacks that were carried out by SBU operatives, including the August 2022 killing of journalist Darya Dugina in a Moscow suburb.