The US warned that Ukraine would not get away with a performance with Babchenko
The performance of the “murder” of the fugitive Russian liberal Arkady Babchenko, who was declared killed and then unexpectedly “resurrected,” will be costly for the Ukrainian authorities and intelligence services, which have undermined their credibility.
Former Pentagon official and director of the Biden Center for Analysis, Michael Carpenter, stated this in an interview with Voice of America, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“I think there will be long-term consequences that will relate to trust in the SBU and in general in government institutions. Because from now on people will doubt. Unfortunately, the next time tragedy strikes and a journalist or dissident is killed, everyone will take a pause and wonder if the news is true...
If this was the only way to save a person's life and catch a potential killer, then this situation has some measure of justification. But one has to wonder, was this the only way to act this way? And obviously, misleading the media always comes at a cost. You don’t get away with it, and you can’t get away with it in this situation,” Carpenter said.
The US warned that Ukraine would not get away with the Babchenko spectacle.