Monaco bomber who attacked Russia-linked oligarch identified as Ukrainian woman, resident in Germany, who disguised as a man for the terror attack

The fugitive being hunted for the Monaco bombing that injured a sanctioned Ukrainian oligarch and the woman he was with was identified Friday as a Ukrainian national who disguised herself as a man

Interpol issued a “red notice” for the arrest of Vadym Berezovska on charges of attempted murder, placing an explosive device in a public place with criminal intent, and criminal conspiracy 

Berezovska, 39, is accused of targeting Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, 58, when she detonated a makeshift bomb that went off at the entrance of his building in Monaco on Monday night

The attacker allegedly fled Monaco by car to Italy then Switzerland, before returning to Germany

Berezovska reportedly, “is known for her links with organized crime,” but the sophistication of the the terror plot suggests she didn’t act alone, authorities said

Authorities in France have identified the suspect behind the Monaco bomb attack on Ukrainian businessman,Vadym Yermolaiev and his family as Anastasiia Berezovska, a Ukrainian national who disguised herself as a man [photo], to execute the attack

The fugitive being hunted for the Monaco bombing that injured a sanctioned Ukrainian oligarch and the woman he was with was identified Friday as a Ukrainian national who disguised herself as a man.
Anastasiaa Berezovska, 39, is accused of targeting Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, 58, when she detonated a makeshift bomb that went off at the entrance of his building in Monaco on Monday night.
The Ukrainian businessman, his partner and their 13-year-old son were wounded after a man detonated a makeshift bomb in in the principality of Monaco on Monday, June 29.
An explosive device filled with bolts and buckshot detonated in the door step of a luxury condo complex in the principality, shortly before 9 p.m. local time.
Investigators said video surveillance footage captured images of a man dropping a backpack at the entrance of the building where the family resides, before the explosion.
According to witness account on X, “A suspect was seen on video surveillance fleeing towards the municipality of Beausoleil in France.”

Ukrainian businessman,Vadym Yermolaiev, [photo], his partner Anna Nasobina, and their teen son were wounded after ‘a man, detonated a makeshift bomb in Monaco on Monday, June 29.

Yermolaiev’s partner, Anna Nasobina, [photo], lost her legs in the terror attack that also injured the couple’s teenage son

Interpol issued a “red notice” for the arrest of Berezovska on charges of attempted murder, placing an explosive device in a public place with criminal intent, and criminal conspiracy. 
Among the details released about the suspect by Interpol is the physical marking that she has a snake-like tattoo on her arm that stretches from her shoulder to the elbow.
The Ukrainian native “is known for her links with organized crime,” French paper Le Parisien, reported.
Berezovska was identified as the suspect Friday after cops initially believed a man, who was seen wearing a bucket hat, had carried out the attack.
“This person is likely to disguise themselves in such a way as to appear as a man,” authorities in France said.

Berezovska a Ukrainian national, living in Germany reportedly, has “known links with organized crime.” Interpol issued a “red notice” for her arrest for attempted murder, placing an explosive device in a public place with criminal intent, and criminal conspiracy 

She is believed to live in Frankfurt, Germany, about 600 miles from Vadym Yermolaiev’s apartment building where she allegedly planted the explosive and used a remote control to detonate it. However, she was not home when cops searched her home.
Berezovska used a car she had rented in Germany to flee the scene. 
She fled to the French-Italian border before making her way to Switzerland, before returning to Germany.
The sophistication of the terror plot suggests she didn’t act alone, officials said.

The entrance of the building was covered in blood stains after the parcel bomb detonated.

She crossed the Italian border at Ventimiglia on the same day of the attack, sources told ANSA.
Yermolaiev was injured along was the woman he was with – Anna Nasobina — who lost her legs in the terror attack, the first of its kind to hit the principality. 
Nasobina, 46, was with her 13-year-old son when the parcel bomb detonated.  She was rushed to a Nice hospital where she is said to be fighting for her life, having lost both of her legs. Their teenager suffered less threatening injuries..
The suspect reportedly sat on a bench waiting for the trio to return to the apartment before detonating the explosive, according to Monaco prosecutors. 
As part of their investigation, Monaco police arrested an unnamed foreign national Wednesday because “further checks were deemed necessary” before they were released. No further details have been released. 
Yermolaiev is a multi-millionaire living in Monaco who had sanctions slapped on him by Kyiv beginning in December 2023 — reportedly stemming from his alcohol business activity in Russian-occupied Crimea, France24 reported.

Debris seen after the bombing f the entrance of entrance of No. 4 rue du Réverend-Père Louis Frulla, in Monaco

Yermolaiev is a multi-millionaire living in Monaco who had sanctions slapped on him by Kyiv beginning in December 2023, reportedly for his alcohol business activity in Russian-occupied Crimea.
He has been the sights of his native country’s authorities. Among the wealthiest tycoons in Ukraine in the fields of commercial real estate, manufacturing and agriculture,Yermolaiev told Forbes Ukraine that he renounced his Ukrainian citizenship and became a citizen of Cyprus in 2017. 
His eldest son, Artur, was arrested in Cyprus in 2025 on charges of organizing large-scale fraudulent call centers targeting Europeans, according to the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper.  
The small principality of Monaco, [population 38,000], is renowned as an affluent, tax-free haven for the rich and famous, with roughly a fifth of its population actual citizens of the principality.