Overview
- An explosive device detonated outside a Monaco apartment on Monday, June 29, wounding businessman Vadim Ermolaev, his partner and their 13‑year‑old son and prompting a judicial inquiry in Monaco for attempted murder and placement of an explosive device.
- Ukrainian authorities announced that the principal suspect, 39‑year‑old Anastasiia Berezovska, was found dead near Kyiv with gunshot wounds on July 6 and that an autopsy showed bullet injuries to the head.
- Two men were arrested in Ukraine in connection with Berezovska’s killing, one described as an active officer in the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) and the other a former police officer, and Ukrainian officials say one of them has confessed.
- Monaco continues its criminal probe while rejecting a terrorism label for the attack, and investigators in Germany, France and Ukraine are sharing evidence following searches of Berezovska’s German residence and an Interpol red notice.
- Authorities are working to identify accomplices and any commanditaires, and the case raises urgent questions about links between organized actors and security personnel that could reshape cross‑border cooperation and oversight in the investigation.