Ukrainian oligarch accuses Kyiv's spy agency of trying to kill him after Monaco bomb attack blew off his partner's legs and injured son

By IMOGEN GARFINKEL - SENIOR FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 08:35, 17 July 2026 | Updated: 08:45, 17 July 2026 The Ukrainian property tycoon who was targeted in a bombing in Monaco has accused Kyiv’s military intelligence agency of being responsible for the attack. Multimillionaire Vadym Yermolaiev, his mistress Anna Nasobina and their 13-year-old son were injured when a bomb packed with bolts and pellets detonated at the entrance hall to the Sun Palace apartment building in the Mediterranean principality on June 29. Nasobina is understood to have lost both legs in the explosion.  'Based on the investigative evidence available to us, we have no doubt that serving officers of the main intelligence directorate of the ministry of defence of Ukraine, commonly known as Hur, were directly involved in this attempted assassination,' Yermolaiev said in a statement released by his lawyers.  He did not provide evidence for the allegation, however.  He also claimed that former or serving senior Hur officials were aware of the assassination plot.  A Ukrainian citizen, Anastasiia Berezovska, was identified as the prime suspect for the parcel bomb by Interpol, who called the 39-year-old ‘armed and dangerous’. She was found dead near Kyiv on July 6. Investigators said she had been shot.  Vadym Yermolaiev, who was targeted in a bombing in Monaco, has accused Kyiv ’s military intelligence agency of being responsible for the attack Anna Nasobina, his mistress, is understood to have lost both legs in the explosion Interpol accused Anastasiia Berezovska, a 39-year-old woman from Ukraine, of detonating the bomb Vladyslav Reut appeared in a Kyiv court last week over the murder of Anastasiia Berezovska Vladyslav Reut, a current officer with Hur, was charged with her murder and appeared in court last week alongside Vitalii Zhykovych, his co-defendant.  Zhykovych worked until recently for Kyiv's SBU security service.  While Reut initially admitted to killing Berezovska, he later retracted his confession and blamed Zhykovych, whose lawyer denied the allegation. Now, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will likely face questions from Western allies over the alleged involvement of a serving Hur officer in the killing of the prime suspect in the Monaco bombing. Yermolaiev, a property developer named by Forbes magazine in 2020 as the 39th richest Ukrainian, has a fortune of USD 230million (GBP 172million). Kyiv has sanctioned him since 2023 over interests in wine and alcohol in Russia-occupied Crimea. He described how Nasobina had suffered 'catastrophic and irreversible injuries' while their son sustained burns, fractures and other serious injuries.  'I remain in intensive care and am only now beginning the long process of recovery,' he added.  'This was not a warning. It was an attempt to kill not only me, but my family as well.' The explosion was so powerful that it tore through steel railings and destroyed stone steps outside their property, he said. Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for Hur, denied Yermolaiev’s allegations, which he said were 'subjective political statements' that he said would damage the investigation into the bombing.