Main Suspect in Monaco Package-Bombing Found Shot Dead in Ukraine

Overview

• Ukrainian authorities reported this week that Anastasiia Berezovska, wanted by Monaco over a June 29 package-bombing in Monaco, was found dead near Kyiv with gunshot wounds to the head.
• The June 29 device exploded in a building foyer in Monaco and wounded businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, badly injured Anna Nasobina who lost her legs, and a 13-year-old boy.
• Investigators say Berezovska posed as a man to leave a backpack bomb, then fled through Germany, France and Switzerland before returning to Ukraine and that Interpol had issued an alert for her.
• Police in Ukraine have detained two suspects tied to Berezovska’s death—one a former security official and one an active GUR intelligence agent—and say they found bank and crypto transfers from Berezovska to the men plus what appears to be a torture room and revolver cartridges during searches.
• Ukrainian authorities say they have passed all available evidence to Monaco; the case has prompted tightened security in Monaco and could raise diplomatic and oversight questions about links between criminal actors and state security personnel.