Moscow is well aware that Kiev selects both the means and targets of attacks only at the direct orders of Washington, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Commenting on the Ukrainian drone attack on the Kremlin in the early morning hours of Wednesday, the presidential spokesman said: "We know very well that the decisions to carry out such actions, such terrorist attacks, are made not in Kiev. Rather, it is precisely in Washington [where the decision-making is done]. And, Kiev is already left to do what it is told to do."
The Kremlin spokesman pointed out that, "often even the targets themselves are not determined by Kiev, but by Washington and are then communicated to Kiev so that Kiev executes [Washington’s] orders." "And not on every occasion is Kiev even given the right to select the means. This, too, is often dictated from across the ocean. We are well aware of this", the spokesman emphasized.
In response to a request for clarification, he confirmed that Moscow contends that Washington was involved in the incident. "Absolutely," Peskov said. "Such decisions, determining targets, determining means and so on, this is all dictated to Kiev by Washington," he reiterated.
Commenting on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's remark that the Kremlin's information should have been "divided in two," Peskov noted, "To divide it all by two or not to divide it is up to you. But in Washington they should clearly understand that we are aware of that."
