this is a court hearing for borys herman, the man allegedly at the centre of this plot.ce for him to put his case and try and explain his role in this bizarre episode. borys herman admits plotting, both with the fake assassin and a contact in russia, but his defence is that he too was playing a role and was also working with ukraine's sbu. mr herman, why should we believe that you didn't want to kill arkady babchenko? mr herman, what this ultimately boils down to is, are you working as an agent for russia? mr herman's story has changed several times and despite repeated requests from the bbc, he's been unable to back up his claim that he was working with the sbu. so what are we to make of this extraordinary tale where nothing is quite as it seems? translation: we definitely believe the operation is a success. even if you just save the life of arkady babchenko, it is a success. thanks to this operation, we've also got a list of 47 potential targets, journalists, activists past and present, citizens of the russian federation. why should i believe what you're telling me now

borys herman admits plotting both with the fake assassin and a contact in russia. is that he too was playing a role and was also working with ukraine's sbu. why should we believe that you didn't want to kill arkady babchenko? what this ultimately boils down to is are you working as an agent for russia? mr herman's story has changed several times and despite repeated requests from the bbc, he has been unable to back up his claim, that he was working with the sbu. so what are we to make of this extraordinary tale, where nothing is quite as it seems? translation: we definitely believe the operation is a success. even if you just save the life of arkady babchenko, it is a success. thanks to this operation we have also got a list of 47 potential targets — journalists, activists past and present, citizens of the russian federation. why should i believe what you are telling me now? i went out there and i reported what your organisation told us that night. it turned out to be lies. now you are speaking to me again. is this the truth this time? this murder was being prepare