Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Russia Demands US Answers on Alleged Role in Ukraine Strikes
Russia's foreign minister, a man named Sergei Lavrov, talked on television about Russia's war with Ukraine.
He said Russia believes the United States is secretly helping Ukraine attack Russia.
Russia sent a list of questions to the US State Department asking about that help.
Russia wants to know if the US is giving Ukraine information and helping plan the attacks.
The United States did not answer right away.
Lavrov remembered a meeting between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and the American president, Donald Trump, one year ago.
He said Russia was ready to accept the US peace ideas from that meeting.
But America's secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said no agreement was ever made.
Russia also said it will work even harder to stop weapons from other countries reaching Ukraine.
The war between Russia and Ukraine has already lasted five years.
Russia has submitted questions to the US State Department alleging deep US involvement, including intelligence supply, in Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russian territory.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow awaits a US response; no immediate comment was available from the US side.
Lavrov quoted Putin as telling President Donald Trump at a summit one year ago that Moscow accepted US peace proposals.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied that any agreement was reached at the summit, saying the war would be over if one had been.
Lavrov said Moscow would toughen its methods to destroy Western military supplies to Ukraine and that Putin was willing to receive Trump's envoys again.
- Who
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin, facing US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- What
- Russia formally questioned the US State Department over alleged American involvement, including intelligence support, in Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russian territory, and vowed to toughen efforts against Western military supplies to Ukraine.
- When
- Comments broadcast on a Friday; Lavrov cited a Putin-Trump summit one year ago and noted no peace talks have occurred since February.
- Where
- Russia, with the questions addressed to Washington's State Department, in relation to the war in Ukraine.
- Why
- Moscow believes the United States is far more deeply involved in organising and executing strikes deep within Russian territory against civilian targets.
Russian Claims
US Denial
US role in deep strikes
Russian Claims
Russia believes the US is far more deeply involved in organising and executing strikes deep within Russian territory against civilian targets, including supplying intelligence, and has demanded a response from the State Department.
US Denial
The US side offered no immediate comment on the allegations; Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied that any agreement was reached with Moscow at the summit.
Putin-Trump summit proposals
Russian Claims
Lavrov quoted Putin as telling Trump a year ago that Moscow accepted his proposals in the form they were sent, signalling readiness to support US peace efforts.
US Denial
Rubio denied that any agreement was reached at the summit, arguing that if one had been, the war would now be over.
- Russian Foreign Minister
- Sergei Lavrov
- Allegation
- US supply of intelligence and deep involvement in organising and executing strikes inside Russian territory against civilian targets
- US response
- No immediate comment available
- Summit reference
- Putin quoted as accepting Trump's peace proposals at a summit one year ago
- US denial
- Marco Rubio denied any agreement was reached at the summit
- Peace talks status
- No talks since February, when the US went to war with Iran and broke off mediation
- War duration
- Fifth year of the war
- Western supplies
- Ukraine keeps receiving military supplies but is chronically short, especially of interceptors
