Ukrainian woman 'behind Monaco bomb attack on oligarch is found dead near Kyiv after being shot', report claims

By IMOGEN GARFINKEL - SENIOR FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER and WILL STEWART Published: 09:08, 7 July 2026 | Updated: 09:28, 7 July 2026 The Ukrainian woman suspected of being behind the bomb attack on an oligarch in Monaco has been found dead near Kyiv after being shot, according to local media. The body of Anastasiia Berezovska, 39, was discovered around 11.00pm on July 6, Pravda newspaper claimed. There was no immediate official confirmation from the authorities.  She is suspected of leaving a package in the entrance hall of an apartment building on June 29 around 9pm local time, before fleeing the scene on foot and then driving to Germany.  Sanctioned Ukrainian millionaire Vadym Yermolaiev, his partner and his son were all seriously injured in the attack. An Interpol Red Notice had been issued for Berezovska, who speaks German and was wanted for attempted murder, placing an explosive device on a public road with criminal intent and criminal conspiracy.  Monaco's deputy prosecutor Morgan Raymond said she had been disguised as a man when she allegedly carried out the attack. Following the explosion, Yermolaiev's partner, London-based Ukrainian Anna Nasobina, 46, is fighting for life, after her legs were amputated due to her injuries. The couple’s son, Ariel, 13, also sustained minor injuries. Interpol on Friday named and pictured the bucket hat-wearing suspect in the Monaco bombing Interpol identified Anastasiia Berezovska, a 39-year-old woman from Ukraine , as the suspect Ukrainian oligarch Vadim Ermolaev, 58, was reportedly with his London-based lover when he was wounded Reports indicate that Berezovska arrived in Ukraine on July 1. Two suspects were detained after her body was discovered, including a serving military intelligence officer, said the news outlet, citing a law enforcement source. 'One of them is a current officer of the Main Intelligence Directorate [GUR], the other is a former law enforcement officer.' There was no immediate official confirmation. The oligarch - one of Ukraine’s richest men who had given up his citizenship - emerged from a coma after the blast. But it is believed Nasobina remains seriously ill. Her son Ariel was able to tell police what he remembered from the bombing at the entrance to the residential block he shared with his mother. Initially it was thought that Ermolaev’s wife, Anna Ermolaeva, 56, had been wounded but she was not in the country at the time of the blast, and it is clear her husband was with Nasobina when the bomb exploded. Anna Nasobina is in a 'serious condition' fighting for her life after being wounded in an explosion in Monaco on Monday  The suspect captured fleeing the scene on CCTV in a bucket hat  There are suspicions that the bombing could be related to disputes over a call centre business in Ukrainian city Dnipro which involved Ermolaev and his adult son Artur, 35. Russian Telegram channels backing Vladimir Putin’s war have strongly sought to blame the Ukrainian Security Service [SBU]. A woman resembling Berezovska was filmed outside the 'Sun's Palace' – a lavish apartment block owned by Yermolaiev. It was in the foyer, just before 9pm, that a dumped rucksack exploded after the woman triggered it using a mobile phone. Nasobina had her legs amputated following the blast, while both her and Yermolaiev suffered severe shrapnel wounds and burns. 'The prime suspect was identified by a witness,' said an investigating source. Footage from nearby surveillance cameras showed a figure wearing a black bucket hat and fleeing on foot across the border to France, where there are no checkpoints. She headed into the town of Beausoleil, and made her way to Italy and then Germany, investigators believe. Your browser does not support iframes. 'She is armed and dangerous, and thought to be in the company of accomplices,' said one source. 'She should be approached with extreme caution.' Cameras first picked up the suspect in the area on Monday morning, before she returned to place the bomb, according to the same security sources. She is thought to have been 'around 12 metres away' when she triggered the device, said one. German police said Friday they had searched the home of a Ukrainian woman suspected of involvement in a bomb attack in Monaco which injured three people, including a Ukrainian-born tycoon. 'The woman being sought is currently on the run,' they added in a statement. Following a request from Monaco authorities, 'the rented apartment of a 39-year-old Ukrainian woman in the Main-Taunus district was searched on Thursday' police said. Police in the central state of Hesse said that 'in addition, a vehicle used by (the suspect) was searched and seized', without giving further details. Police also said that 'evidence was secured and will be handed over to the Monaco authorities', without giving further details. The wounded boy, thought to be aged 13, has made a rapid recovery and is currently providing evidence to police and prosecutors. 'He is telling them exactly what he saw, although clearly his memory is very blurred,' said a security source. 'It appears that his mother took the full force of the blast, while he suffered relatively minor burns and shrapnel injuries.' Nasobina has been described in the past as Yermolaiev's common-law wife. She is a Ukrainian national who comes from Yermolaiev's home city of Dnipro, having spent a lot of time in England. Nasobina is listed as a director of Wycombe Square Investments LLP in London, but was frequently in Monaco, particularly during the summer. In turn, Yermolaiev's wife, Anna Ermolaev, uses a high-security family villa in St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, the nearby French Riviera resort town, which is the second most expensive residential location in the world, after Monaco. The suspect was likely using a so-called burner phone – one that can be bought relatively cheaply, without providing any kind of identification. Such phones are frequently used by lawbreakers, and then disposed of once a crime has been committed. Police and French Army helicopters with searchlights and numerous drones have all been seen in the search zone over the days and nights since the attack. This is a breaking news story. More to follow.