Interpol issues red notice for Anastasiia Berezovska in Monaco bombing
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The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) issued a red notice on Friday for 39-year-old Ukrainian citizen Anastasiia Berezovska, who is suspected of bombing an apartment building in Monaco, reportedly targeting a Russia-linked Ukrainian oligarch.
June 30 apartment explosion, accordingly Numerous media reports stated that Ukrainian-born construction magnate Vadym Yermolaiev was injured.
While Monaco prosecutor Stéphane Thibault refused to name any of the victims, he announced that a woman living in the apartment and a 13-year-old child were also injured in the explosion. Media reports widely claim to be members of Yermolaiev’s family.
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According to Interpol, Berezovska is currently wanted on charges of attempted murder, leaving an explosive device on a public highway with criminal intent, and complicity.
Interpol identified the Ukrainian national as a dark-haired, German-speaking woman who likely had a snake tattoo on her arm.
Surveillance photo of Anastasiia Berezovska. (INTERPOL)
The 39-year-old suspect was initially believed to be a heavy built man. Monaco Deputy Public Prosecutor Morgan Raymond even initially referred to the suspect in masculine terms.
“He stood up a few meters away from the victims, took the explosive from his shopping bag and placed it on the building’s entrance stairs, then turned to confirm the presence of the three victims before triggering the explosion using a remote control,” Raymond said at his first news conference after the incident. he said.
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Prosecutors reviewed footage from the days before the explosion and found that a man wearing a fisherman’s hat had repeatedly surveilled the apartment building and its surroundings. However, on June 28, the man was not in the security footage. Instead, a woman who prosecutors now believe was Berezovska followed suit with the man.
Surveillance photo of Anastasiaa Berezovska. (INTERPOL)
“Repeated reconnaissance operations and stops in front of the building clearly demonstrate the intent to target the three victims in particular,” Raymond said.
Investigators tracked his escape across the Monaco-French border, through Italy and into Germany, where authorities were actively searching for him. They raided his apartment in Frankfurt on Thursday.
The sophistication of the explosive device gave prosecutors reason to believe he did not act alone, Raymond said.
“The relative complexity and modus operandi of the explosive device appear to indicate that the person who planted the device did not act alone,” Morgan said.
Damaged entrance of a residential building after the explosion in Monaco on Monday, June 30, 2026. (REUTERS/Alexandre Dimou)
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Although authorities did not provide any justification, Yermolaiev’s status as a sanctioned former Ukrainian is notable.
The 58-year-old construction tycoon renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2017. Ukrainian media reportedHe has been a Cypriot citizen since 2019. In 2023 Ukrainian government imposed sanctions He was sued for allegedly maintaining relations with Russia, paying taxes to Moscow, and facilitating commercial transactions through his liquor business in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014.
