Save it. Americans, even the CIA, don’t do this sort of thing. I want to see some real proof from a neutral source that Ukraine or the CIA had anything to do with it. It’s stupid because it plays into Putin’s hands so he can inflame the Russians in favor of his war. Plus, Russia has plenty of other enemies.
"I don’t believe Ukraine or even Joe Biden would be this stupid."
"Don't underestimate Joe Biden's ability to...." ~Barack Obama.
However, it is very possibile Biden has not the awareness to know anything about it. It is hardly possible to underestimate the ability of Blinken, Sullivan and Nuland to do whatever it was that Obama said Biden could do. And it appears they have enlisted the formidable intellect of Kamala Harris to take point and lead their PR effort.
If there is a Ukraine connection to this event, it is very unlikely that the idea, planning, execution and the green light were Ukrainian alone.
The mercenaries arrived and departed in the same Renault. As soon as the Russians reviewed the security recordings they would have known the vehicle they were looking for. Once they located it, they may have tracked it just to see where it was going. There has not been much about exactly how they were captured, just that it was near the Ukraine border, although some observe, irrelevantly, that it was near Belarus. There is not even speculation that the destination was Belarus.
As with the Nordstream pipelines, Victoria Nuland gazed into her crystal ball and foresaw the event before it happened. Unlike Nordstream or cocaine in the White House, where they disclaim any knowledge of whodunit, they claim to have solved this instantly. I'm not believing their story until 17 heads of Intelligence agencies agree.
Various countries may have had a motive, leading candidates being Ukraine, the United States and Israel. For the Israelis it was a great diversion from the attack on Rafa. The U.S. government wants the Ukraine war to continue. The U.S. government decides what Ukraine wants.