Ukraine's ambassador in Washington disputed the authenticity of a letter bearing the signature of the country’s top national security official and seeking U.S. support for a long-term resistance movement.
Editor’s note: This corrects an original version of this story that stated the Ukrainian government "asked" for additional assistance from the U.S. government, when Axios was unable to confirm the letter was actually sent. The headline and story were updated extensively throughout with comments received Friday from the Ukrainian ambassador in the U.S.
to a request for comment prior to publication of the letter. But, in a text message Friday, Ambassador Oksana Markarova told Axios that she believes the letter was “falsified” because all of Ukraine’s official communications to the U.S. government would go through the embassy.A former senior Ukrainian official close to Danilov told Axios that they had received the letter from Danilov’s office, and that it was also distributed to Ukrainian American groups and think tank experts in Washington.
The official could not confirm whether the letter Axios published was transmitted to the U.S. government through official diplomatic channels, but pointed to an index code at the top of the document indicating it was an outbound message from Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.The document, dated March 6, asked the U.S. "to allocate additional funds for the organization of the resistance movement and voluntary formations of territorial communities throughout Ukraine.
It was addressed to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and CIA director Bill Burns. Axios reported Thursday it could not independently confirm it was sent to or received by their agencies. Prior to publication, Axios reached out to the NSC, the Pentagon and the CIA. All declined to comment on the record prior to publication. After publication, an NSC spokesperson told Axios: "We are in regular contact with the Ukrainian government, but have no record of receiving this letter and have not confirmed its authenticity."
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