Overview
- A parcel bomb exploded at the Sun Palace entrance in Monaco on June 29, seriously wounding businessman Vadym Iermolaiev, his partner Anna Nasobina, who had both legs amputated, and their 13‑year‑old son.
- Ukrainian investigators say they recovered and restored CCTV showing a person placing a rucksack before the blast and that Interpol named Anastasiia Berezovska as the prime suspect; Berezovska was found shot dead near Kyiv days later.
- Ukraine has charged two men with Berezovska’s killing: a serving military intelligence (HUR) officer, named in reporting as Vladyslav/Yevhen Reut, and a former SBU volunteer, Vitalii Zhykovych; prosecutors say Reut initially confessed and later retracted.
- Iermolaiev has publicly accused serving HUR officers of orchestrating the Monaco attempt, a claim HUR denies while prosecutors and the SBU say their probe shows some suspects acted without informing superiors and that forensic and financial links are being shared with European partners.
- The case raises diplomatic and security stakes because Iermolaiev was sanctioned by Kyiv in 2023, holds Cypriot citizenship, and the investigation could affect international policing cooperation and scrutiny of Ukraine’s intelligence oversight.