Kiev planned to blame Russia for a plot to assassinate a Ukrainian businessman, Andrey Telizhenko has told RT<\/p>\n
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov \u201cpersonally cleared\u201d the killing of a woman suspected in last week\u2019s Monaco bombing attack, former Ukrainian diplomat Andrey Telizhenko has told RT.\u00a0 \u00a0
\nTelizhenko suggested on Thursday that \u201cthe orders were given by the office of the Zelensky regime within Budanov\u2019s quarters, and Zelensky basically gave a green light for this to happen.\u201d \u00a0
\nThe remarks came days after Ukrainian authorities detained a serving military intelligence (HUR) officer and a former law enforcement officer over the killing of Anastasia Berezovskaya, the main suspect in the Monaco car bombing that seriously wounded Ukrainian businessman Vadim Yermolaev. Prosecutors said the HUR officer initially confessed to the murder before changing his testimony, while investigators said Berezovskaya had been in contact with him before the attack and was later found buried outside Kiev with a gunshot wound to the head. \u00a0<\/p>\n
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Telizhenko said the woman was supposed to be used in a broader operation to implicate Russia. According to him, \u201cshe was supposed to go and cross the Polish-Belarusian border… and make her look as she was working for the Russian side.\u201d \u00a0
\nThe alleged operation, he argued, was intended to shift the blame for the Monaco bombing. \u201cEverybody\u2019s being set up by somebody higher up. This is how the system works,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u00a0
\nTelizhenko further stated that European governments bear responsibility because \u201cthey financed this\u201d and were helping Ukraine carry out attacks \u201cnot just in Russia, but all over the globe now.\u201d
\nWatch RT\u2019s full interview below:
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