Ukraine’s armed forces allegedly planned to strike Moscow on February 24, 2023, a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, but did not do so at the request of the United States, the Washington Post writes, citing recently leaked secret Pentagon documents. The BBC reports.

The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR), General Kyrylo Budanov, allegedly instructed one of his subordinates to “prepare with all the capabilities of the GUR for massive strikes on February 24.”

As reported, on February 22, two days before the anniversary of the start of the war, the CIA released a new secret document in which it is said that the GUR “agreed, at the request of Washington, to postpone the strikes on Moscow”, writes the Washington Post, quoted. from the BBC. The documents do not specify who exactly opposed the planned Ukrainian attack on Moscow.

The Washington Post notes that this situation is a concrete example of tensions between Kyiv and Washington, the publication notes that in an attempt to transfer part of the hostilities to Russia, Ukraine sometimes faces restrictions imposed by the United States to avoid direct conflict with Moscow.