Monaco blast proves West raised ‘terrorist monster’ in Kiev – Moscow
Last week’s bombing in Monaco is neither the first nor the last “bloody bite” inflicted by “Kiev regime terrorism” on its Western sponsors, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.
In an interview with Sputnik Radio on Wednesday, Zakharova said Ukraine’s backers are now facing the consequences of supporting a leadership driven by Nazi ideology – a policy Moscow has long warned against.
Ukrainian-born millionaire Vadim Ermolaev, now a Cypriot citizen, his partner, and son were injured in Monaco last week when a backpack bomb exploded outside a residential building.
Ukrainian investigators said the main suspect, Ukrainian national Anastasia Berezovskaya, who was later found dead, had communicated with two men before the blast, including a serving officer in Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) who later confessed to killing her with an accomplice.
Media reports say investigators are examining the possible involvement of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) in the bombing, citing claims that Ermolaev had planned to expose corruption in Kiev.
Zakharova said the incident showed that Ukrainian terrorism has spread far beyond its borders.
“[The West] got what they sowed and what we warned them about. That terrorist monster raised and fed by the collective West has reached them,” she said.
Zakharova said the bombing should not be viewed in isolation but as part of a broader pattern of “Kiev regime terrorism,” citing the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions. While court proceedings continue against a Ukrainian suspect who allegedly led a sabotage group to blow up the pipelines, Moscow maintains the operation was orchestrated by the authorities in Kiev and Western intelligence.
“The Monaco bombing is certainly not the first,” Zakharova said. “The point is that... these attacks are now carried out openly… as though they were something entirely routine.”
Zakharova accused Western governments of ignoring the ideological foundations of Ukraine’s leadership while continuing to arm Kiev.
“They draw their ideology from the ideas and philosophy of Nazism,” she said, arguing that Western governments failed to recognize the significance of the World War II-era nationalist figures now openly honored in Ukraine. “They see some torches and think nothing of it – just a kind of Ukrainian-style Halloween... They armed these terrorists with their own weapons. Now those terrorists have… in essence, begun managing those who created them.”
Zakharova singled out Poland, arguing it knowingly backed a government that glorifies figures responsible for wartime atrocities against Poles. She noted that Polish presidential chief of staff Zbigniew Bogucki was recently added to Ukraine’s state-backed Mirotvorets database of alleged “enemies of the state” – despite Warsaw providing Kiev with billions in aid in the conflict with Russia.
“They thought they were just throwing bones into the kennel [in Kiev] and would later profit... Is this the last bloody bite the West will receive from those it nurtured? Of course not,” she warned.
Moscow has accused Ukraine of carrying out terrorist attacks both inside Russia and abroad. Kiev has intensified drone strikes on Russian civilian and energy infrastructure in recent months amid continued setbacks on the battlefield. One of the deadliest recent attacks was the May 22 strike on a college dormitory in Starobelsk, which killed 21 people – mostly teenage girls. Moscow has since vowed “systematic and consistent strikes” on Ukrainian military infrastructure and “decision-making centers” in response to Kiev’s terrorist attacks.
