On the evening of June 29, a powerful explosion rocked a residential building in Monaco. According to media reports, businessman Vadym Yermolaiev was injured. He is from the Ukrainian city of Dnipro and is considered one of the country's wealthiest businesspeople.
According to the preliminary investigation, an unidentified man left a backpack filled with explosives and metal shrapnel in the building's lobby. The explosion reportedly injured three people in total — a man and a woman between the ages of 50 and 60 and a 13-year-old boy.
According to the news outlet Nice-Matin, the woman lost both legs in the blast. Media reports say Yermolaiev suffered burns and shrapnel wounds. His wife later told the press that she had been elsewhere at the time of the incident and was therefore unharmed.
According to the French newspaper Le Figaro, investigators in Monaco are also pursuing a lead suggesting that Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) may have been behind the attack on the businessman. Monaco Prosecutor General Stephane Thibault said on July 1 that investigators are treating the incident as attempted murder. The search for the suspects is ongoing.
What is known about Yermolaiev?
