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The Ukrainian woman suspected of carrying out a parcel bomb attack in Monaco that seriously injured a sanctioned Ukrainian businessman and his family has been found dead in Ukraine, the country’s Security Service (SBU) has confirmed.
Anastasiia Berezovska, 39, whose body was discovered with gunshot wounds to the head, had been the subject of an international manhunt after investigators alleged she planted an explosive device at the entrance of a Monaco apartment building on June 29 before fleeing the principality.
The SBU said Berezovska returned to Ukraine on July 1, two days after the attack, where she remained in contact with her family and two men, including a serving officer in Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence intelligence directorate and a former law enforcement officer.
According to the agency, the intelligence officer later confessed to killing Berezovska with the assistance of another suspect.
“Both suspects were detained on suspicion of committing murder with premeditation by a group of individuals,” the SBU said in a statement.
The agency added that investigators are continuing their inquiry with the “personal assistance” of the head of Ukraine’s intelligence directorate, Oleh Ivashchenko.
During searches linked to the investigation, authorities said they uncovered a basement in the Kyiv region that “resembled a torture chamber.” Video released by Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office showed a room containing axes, a pickaxe, tarpaulin spread across the floor, a large bag and a pink mat bearing what appeared to be bloodstains.
Berezovska had been wanted by authorities in Monaco over the June 29 explosion, which injured three people, including two who were seriously wounded. The blast occurred shortly after 9 p.m. local time as the victims entered their apartment building.
Monaco Deputy Prosecutor Morgan Raymond said Berezovska had spent several days surveying the residence before carrying out the attack.
“She was disguised as a man” during the bombing, Raymond told reporters.
Investigators believe Berezovska fled Monaco in a rented car to Italy before travelling onward to Germany. German special forces later searched an apartment in the central state of Hesse that had been rented by the suspect.
Last week, Interpol issued a Red Notice seeking Berezovska’s arrest on allegations including attempted murder, criminal conspiracy and placing an explosive device in a public place.
The SBU said Ukrainian authorities had shared all available evidence with investigators in Monaco and were working closely with the principality’s prosecutor’s office to identify any additional suspects involved in the bombing.
Authorities in Monaco have not officially identified the victims. However, local media reported that the intended target was Ukrainian-born businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, his partner and their 13-year-old son.
Yermolaiev, a real estate developer once ranked among Ukraine’s wealthiest individuals, has been under Ukrainian sanctions since 2023 over business interests in Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014. He renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2019, became a Cypriot citizen and has been living in Monaco.
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