The suspect in the June 29 Monaco bombing that seriously injured Ukrainian-born businessman Vadym Iermolaiev, was found dead from a gunshot wound in Ukraine. A Ukrainian intelligence officer later confessed to killing her, Ukrainian authorities said.
Anastasia Berezovska was the subject of an Interpol Red Notice issued at Monaco’s request on charges including attempted murder, after she was accused of involvement in the bombing that injured Iermolaiev and members of his family.
Authorities arrested two men in connection with her killing: an officer with the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry (HUR) and a former law enforcement officer.
Investigators said Berezovska returned to Ukraine on July 1 after the Monaco bombing and contacted her family, the former law enforcement officer, and an active HUR officer.
After discovering both men had transferred money to Berezovska through cryptocurrency and bank accounts, authorities investigated them as possible accomplices. During questioning, the HUR officer allegedly confessed to killing Berezovska with the other man, claiming he acted independently and did not inform his superiors about his actions.
During a search of the former law enforcement officer’s home, investigators also discovered a basement that appeared to have been used as a torture room.
HUR has not yet commented on the report.
Authorities said investigators are continuing efforts to identify those who ordered the attempted murder of the family in Monaco, as well as any other individuals involved in the June 29 attack.
Iermolaiev is one of the wealthiest businessmen from the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, with business interests spanning agribusiness, real estate, construction materials, and medical equipment. He renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2017 and has lived in Monaco since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
In 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky imposed sanctions on Iermolaiev as part of measures targeting individuals accused of supporting Russia’s aggression or collaborating with the Kremlin.
Iermolaiev denied the allegations, including claims that he continued to control an alcoholic beverage business in Russian-occupied Crimea through proxies after the peninsula’s 2014 annexation.
