In an interview with Reuters, Ukrainian General Kyrylo Budanov spoke for the first time about the latest attempt by the Russians to kill him and compared the military intelligence he leads to the infamous Israeli Mossad.

We will remind, in the middle of last month, the Russian mass media reported that Budanov, one of the most famous military commanders of Kyiv, was seriously injured as a result of a missile attack on the headquarters of the General Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) in Kyiv. building, which also houses the general’s office, and that he was flown to Germany for emergency medical treatment.

The Moscow press reported that the attack took place on May 29, the day when the director of GUR was last seen in public before the report of his alleged wounding.

But on June 20, Budanov published a new video in which he talked about the detonation of the dam in Novaya Kakhovka, calling it “a terrorist act and an act of ecocide deliberately carried out by the Russian Federation.”

The day before, he also sent a message through the daily Kyiv Post, but some questioned its authenticity because it was not accompanied by new images confirming that Budanov was still alive.

Speaking for the first time about the latest attempt on his life, the Ukrainian general reminded Reuters reporters that “this is not the first attempt,” implying that there have been at least 10 attempts on Budanov. Russian special services.

“But as you can see again, we are here in the main room of this building. When you were outside, you could see people walking and working. Everything is working as it should,” he told Reuters in an interview from his office.

What does Budanov say about the parallel between GUR and Mossad

Russia accuses Budanov and Ukrainian intelligence services of involvement in several murders on its territory, including the killing of Daria Dugina during an attempt to eliminate her father and the killing of prominent Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in a cafe bombing in St. Petersburg. Petersburg.

In April, a Russian court issued an arrest warrant for Budanov, accusing him of organizing “terrorist attacks” on the territory of Russia.

Ukraine officially denies any involvement in these murders. But Reuters writes that Budanov, who was appointed in August 2020, “cannot resist” comparisons between the intelligence he leads and the Mossad, an Israeli service known for killing enemies of the state of Israel abroad.

“If you’re asking me about the Mossad because it’s known for exterminating the enemies of its state, then we’ve done that and we’ll continue to do that,” he said.

In May, Budanov provoked a furious reaction from the Kremlin after declaring that “we have killed Russians and will continue to kill Russians anywhere in the world until the complete victory of Ukraine.”

“We have special services that will do everything necessary based on such statements. No one should have any doubts about this,” Kremlin press secretary Dmytro Peskov warned at the time, calling Budanov’s statement “terrible and terroristic.”

“The only thing I can say is that they didn’t stop trying, but I repeat: it’s all in vain,” Budanov said of Russia’s attempts to kill him.

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