Kyiv Reshuffles Top Defense Chiefs Amid Stepped-Up Attacks by Russia

US State Department dismisses Russian claims that Kyiv—or its allies—were behind last week’s terrorist attack in Moscow.

A Ukrainian serviceman inspects the damage to a building at the Pecherskyi district, after a Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 25, 2024. Vadim Ghirda/The Canadian Press/AP

Ukraine has replaced the head of its National Security and Defense Council amid stepped-up strikes by Russia following last week’s terrorist attack in Moscow that left scores of Russian concertgoers dead.

On the evening of March 26, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the dismissal of Oleksiy Danilov, who had headed the council since 2019.