

The headline is misleading. The whole operation was spearheaded by a former top spy of Ukraine basically as a private venture. Apparently they contacted the then commander in chief of the Ukrainian military Valerii_Zaluzhnyi but were told they are on their own and not to contact Zelenskyy. Zaluzhnyi is a direct political opponent of the president and was later sacked and reassigned as ambassador to the United Kingdom. It is therefore highly unlikely that Kyiv the Ukrainian government was involved in this.
There are certainly a lot of open questions about the whole incident but IMO an involvement of the Ukrainian government can be ruled out due to the people organizing the whole operation.
If you are able to understand German or can tolerate YouTube’s auto translations there is a recent interview of an investigative journalist and author on the topic.

Comrade Vladimir, initiate Operation Red Storm!