The Kremlin accuses the West of helping Ukraine attack Russia

An influential adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the West and the US-led NATO alliance helped plan Ukraine's surprise attack on Russia's Kursk region, something Washington has denied. The intervention, the largest in Russia by a foreign power since World War II, began on August 6, when thousands of Ukrainian troops crossed Russia's western border. Ukraine said the incursion was necessary to force Russia to start “fair” peace talks. But the United States and Western powers, keen to avoid a direct military confrontation with Russia, said Ukraine had not notified them in advance of the attack and that Washington was not involved, although according to reports weapons sent by Britain and the US are used on Russian soil. Kremlin veteran Nikolai Patrushev dismissed the Western claims in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper. “The operation in the Kursk region was also planned with the participation of NATO and Western special services,” he is quoted as saying, without providing evidence. “Without their direct participation and support, Kiev would not have entered Russian territory.” The comments hint that the first attack that Ukraine has acknowledged it has undertaken on sovereign Russian territory carries a high risk of escalation. …

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