A woman suspected of carrying out a bomb attack in Monaco was found shot dead in Ukraine on Tuesday.The woman, identified as 39-year-old Ukrainian national Anastasiia Berezovska, carried out a suspected assassination attempt against Ukrainian business tycoon Vadym Iermolaiev on June 30.The body of Berezovska was discovered by the Ukrainian Security Service, known as the SBU, which said an officer in Ukraine’s military intelligence agency confessed to killing Berezovska without informing his superiors, Sky News reported. Her body was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the head alongside used pistol cartridge cases.
The Monaco attack wounded Iermolaiev, another woman, and a child, while sparking a manhunt across multiple countries. The identity of the woman and child remains unknown, according to the Independent.The attack is the first bomb assassination attempt ever recorded in Monaco, one of the wealthiest places in the world.
Monaco’s public safety director, Eric Arella, holds up an Interpol notice against a Ukrainian woman identified as Anastasiia Berezovska, 39, suspected of planting a bomb in Monaco that injured three people, including a Ukrainian-born tycoon, during a press conference in Monaco on July 3, 2026. (Photo by Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images)
