Published 21:46 IST, August 22nd 2022

Ukraine mocks Russia's claim of Kyiv hand in Dugina's death; 'living in fictional world'

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a tweet said, "Ru-propaganda lives in a fictional world."

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A senior Ukrainian official has issued first response to Russian Security Service's accusation that Kyiv was involved in killing of Darya Dugina. Taking to Twitter, Mykhailo Podolyak, viser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said that 'Ru-propaganda lives in a fictional world", and that that "vipers" in Russian special services h initiated an "intraspecies fight". Mocking allegation, Mykhailo Podolyak remarked how "surprisingly" Russian security service officials did t find Estonian visa at scene of explosion.

Podolyak tweeted, "Ru-propaganda lives in a fictional world: Ukrainian woman and her 12-year-old child were "assigned" responsible for blowing up car of propagandist Dugina. Surprisingly, y did t find "Estonian visa" on spot. Vipers in Russia's special services started an intraspecies fight." statement comes after Russian FSB claimed that Ukraine was behind assassination of Darya Dugina. 

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Podolyak h previously denied charges on August 21 and h stated that Ukraine is "t a criminal state, unlike Russia, and definitely t a terrorist state." In a tweet on August 21, he h called Russia's attempt to blame Ukraine for "terrorist attacks" at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, in Olenivka and for car explosion in Moscow suburbs "useless." tably, Darya Dugina died on Saturday, August 20, in a car explosion on outskirts of Moscow.

Russian FSB blames Ukraine for assassination of Darya Dugina 

Meanwhile, Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has blamed Ukraine's special services for assassination of Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin's daughter Darya Dugina. FSB has claimed that a Ukrainian woman named Natalya Pavlovna Vovk was "perpetrator" who arrived in Russia on July 23, Sputnik reported. She used a Mini Cooper to enter Russia and rented an apartment in same building where Dugina lived to gar details regarding her lifestyle.

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According to FSB, Natalya Vovk used three number plates in her vehicles which included plate of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. On August 20, alleged perpetrator and her 12-years-old daughter took part in Trition literary and music festival which Darya Dugina attended as houred guest, it said. Vovk left Russia and moved to Estonia after "carrying out controlled explosion of Toyota Land Cruiser Pro" which was carrying Darya Dugina. 

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21:46 IST, August 22nd 2022