Interfax: Lavrov: attack on Kyiv embassy led by battalion set up by Kolomoisky

MOSCOW. June 15 (Interfax) – Members of the Azov battalion, which has been set up and is financed by tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky, the Dnipropertovsk governor, spearheaded Saturday’s “disgusting” attack on the Russian Embassy in Kyiv, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed on Sunday.

“The leading role in the attack on the embassy was played by fighters from the Azov battalion, which has been set up and is financed by Kolomoisky, whom the current Kyiv authorities have appointed governor of Dnipropetrovsk,” Lavrov told reporters.

“That’s good food for thought for our Western partners, who give all forms of support to any move by the Ukrainian government, – it’s a good opportunity for them to see what that government does with the powers it acquired after Maidan,” the minister said.