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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin: Reason to Believe Western Intelligence Involved in Ukrainian ‘Terrorism’

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a video link in Moscow on April 5, 2023. (AFP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a televised meeting with officials on Wednesday that there was reason to believe Western intelligence agencies were involved in what he said were sabotage and terrorist acts carried out by Ukraine.

In a meeting of the Kremlin's Security Council with the heads of the four Ukrainian regions that Moscow said it had annexed last year, Putin accused Ukraine of committing crimes against Russian administrators, security personnel, journalists and teachers with the help of Western intelligence services.

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