A Ukrainian woman suspected to be behind the bomb attack on Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev has been found shot dead near Kyiv, according to a report. The body of Anastasiia Berezovska, 39, was discovered at around 11pm local time on Monday (9pm BST), law enforcement sources told Ukrainska Pravda. Two people have been arrested in connection with the shooting, one of whom is an active officer in Kyiv’s Defence Intelligence and the other a law enforcement officer. Last week, the woman was suspected of a parcel bombing in Monaco targeting Yermolaiev, which also injured a woman and child in what police said was a targeted attack on the Rue Révérend-Père-Louis-Frolla.Anastasiia Berezovska, a 39-year-old woman from Ukraine, who has been named as a suspect in connection with a blast which injured three people in Monaco on Monday (Reuters)The trio were said to be “returning home peacefully” in the early evening on Monday when the attack took place, according to the minister of state for Monaco Christophe Mirmand.CCTV footage widely published in Ukrainian media appeared to show a man in a black jacket, black bucket hat, white shoes and beige trousers running from the scene moments afterwards, headed in the direction of neighbouring French town Beausoleil.French authorities later said the suspect was a woman disguised as a man.The two adults injured in the bombing were rushed to hospital in a critical condition, with the woman having both her legs amputated. Prosecutors said at the time that it was not believed to be the work of only one person, without giving information on any further suspects. The picture of Anastasiia Berezovska was first released by Interpol. Prosecutor Stephanie Thibault said the woman used a car with a German licence plate to travel through Italy and several other European countries. Her last official residence was in Germany. More follows on this breaking news story…
Suspect in Monaco bombing that injured Ukrainian oligarch ‘found shot dead near Kyiv’
Two people linked with Ukrainian authorities have been arrested in connection with the shooting










