Christopher MillerJul 10, 2026 – 8.52amKyiv | A serving Ukrainian intelligence officer on Thursday (Friday AEST) withdrew his earlier confession to killing the woman accused of carrying out a failed assassination attempt against a Ukrainian tycoon in Monaco, telling a Kyiv court that his co-defendant had pulled the trigger.Vladyslav Reut, a current serving officer in Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence Directorate (HUR), told Kyiv’s District Court that the sole responsibility for shooting Anastasia Berezovska lay with Vitaliy Zhykovych, a former member of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).Financial TimesSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles