US spying on other countries is nothing new, Kremlin says amid document leaks

The Kremlin said on Monday that it can’t rule out, as leaks suggest, that the US was spying on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, adding that the US spying on other countries is nothing new.

The Kremlin added that there was a “general tendency” to blame Russia for things when, asked about accusations that Moscow was responsible for the major leak of US intelligence documents about a number of countries including Ukraine.
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The United States has been spying on Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, CNN reported on Sunday, citing secret documents of the Pentagon and the US intelligence community that had been leaked on the Internet.

While a source close to Zelensky described the situation as "unsurprising," Ukrainian officials are frustrated about the leak, the TV channel said.

According to CNN, in late February, Zelensky "suggested striking Russian deployment locations" in the Rostov Region with the use of drones. Washington fears that Ukraine will use long-range missiles for strikes inside Russia, hence US reluctance to send such weapons to Kiev.

The leak which could be one of the largest in a decade may complicate US support for Kiev before a major offensive, Bloomberg reported on Monday. According to the news agency, it is highly unlikely that the documents which have been widely shared on the Internet can now be erased or hidden.