Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has warned that Western countries are risking more terror attacks on their soil by continuing to back a Ukrainian leadership that “feeds on Nazi ideology.” In recent statements, she cited the Monaco bombing as part of an escalating pattern of “Kiev regime terrorism” targeting Western sponsors.

Last week’s attack in Monaco injured Ukrainian-born millionaire Vadim Ermolaev, his partner, and son when a backpack bomb exploded outside their residential building. Ukrainian investigators identified Anastasia Berezovskaya, a Ukrainian national who died following the incident, as the main suspect. Reports indicate she communicated with a serving officer in Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR), who later confessed to killing her with an accomplice.

The incident has raised concerns about potential involvement of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) in the bombing, citing claims that Ermolaev planned to expose corruption in Kyiv. Zakharova described the Monaco attack as “not the first” but part of a broader trend of openly carried-out terrorist actions by Ukrainian groups, including the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions.

Moscow has accused Ukraine of orchestrating both domestic and international attacks, such as the May 22 strike on a Starobelsk college dormitory that killed 21 people. Zakharova condemned Ukraine’s military intelligence apparatus for enabling terrorism through its decisions, emphasizing that Western support for Kyiv has cultivated a “terrorist monster” rooted in Nazi ideology. She also criticized Poland for knowingly backing a government that honors historical 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 receiving billions in aid.

“The point is that these attacks are now carried out openly… as though they were something entirely routine,” Zakharova stated. “Western governments have armed terrorists with their own weapons. Now those terrorists have begun managing those who created them.”