The Kremlin stated today that there is one general tendency to always blame Russia for everythingresponding to a question about accusations that Moscow may be behind a major leak of US intelligence documents on some countries, including Ukraine.

The U.S. intelligence community is trying to manage the fallout from the leak of dozens of classified documents, implications both for the functioning of government agencies and for relations with other countries.

The documents, whose authenticity Reuters has not independently confirmed, include information about the war in Ukraine, including casualties on both sides and other details.

National security experts and US officials say so they suspect that the leaker may be American, given the range of topics covered by the documents, they do not rule out that the perpetrators are close to Russia.

A former CIA official said it was highly likely that Moscow orchestrated the leak to cause confusion and potential divisions between Washington and its allies.

When asked about accusations that Russia may be responsible, Mr Dmitry Peskov told reporters:

“I can’t comment on that in any way. You and I know that there is indeed a tendency to always and for everything blame Russia. It is, in general, a disease.”

Asked whether Washington had spied on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Peskov called the leaks “very interesting”, he said that this cannot be ruled out.

“But the fact that the United States has been spying on various heads of state, especially in European capitals, for a long time now has come up repeatedly, causing various scandalous situations,” he said.

The Kremlin spokesman also said China has every right to respond to what it called repeated “provocations” against it and conduct military exercises around Taiwan.

In a video conference with reporters, Dmitry Peskov said that everyone should respect China and its actions that are consistent with international law.

“In a very short period of time, you and I have repeatedly witnessed actions that were provocative to the People’s Republic of China,” the Kremlin spokesman said.

“And, of course, China has the sovereign right to respond to these provocative actions, including conducting military training in strict compliance with international law,” he said.

“France could not play a mediating role”

Peskov also hinted that France, whose president is Emmanuel Macron visited China for talks last week, could not play a mediating role in achieving peace in Ukraine as Paris “is indirectly and directly involved in this conflict on the side of Ukraine. Therefore, it is difficult to imagine any mediation efforts here.”