The article said US officials were outraged when the Ukrainian side blew up a car in August carrying "the daughter of a prominent Russian analyst."
“Public disclosure of information about the collusion in recent days, in particular, was conceived as a warning to Ukraine not to repeat such provocative actions,” the report says.
Earlier, The New York Times, citing sources among US officials, said that American intelligence suspects that the Ukrainian authorities may be involved in the murder of Dugina.
The car driven by Dugina was blown up on the evening of August 20 in the Moscow region.
According to the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, the involvement of the Ukrainian state in the murder of Dugina was established almost immediately, the perpetrators and customers are clear.