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Anastasiia Berezovska, the suspect in a deliberate explosion targeting Ukrainian oligarch Vadim Ermolaev in Monaco, was found dead in Kyiv. Ermolaev remains in a critical condition, and two individuals have been detained in connection with the incident.
Ukrainian police located Anastasiia Berezovska’s body in Kyiv on Monday night, reportedly confirming she had been shot. Two individuals connected to the Main Intelligence Directorate are in custody as part of the ongoing investigation into the explosion that critically injured Vadim Ermolaev and resulted in severe injuries to Anna Nasobina.
Ukrainian authorities confirmed the discovery of Anastasiia Berezovska’s body in Kyiv late on Monday, and a current officer of the Main Intelligence Directorate along with a former law enforcement officer have been detained in connection with the incident. Following the blast that critically injured Vadim Ermolaev and led to severe injuries for Anna Nasobina, investigations are set to continue with a focus on the roles of those detained and any possible accomplices involved in the attack.
What remains unclear — It is not confirmed whether the detained individuals are connected to the motive behind the explosion orantep on the detained individuals.
Suspect in Monaco explosion that injured Ukrainian billionaire found dead
The suspect in a ‘deliberate’ explosion that left a Ukrainian oligarch ‘fighting for his life’ has reportedly been found dead.
Anastasiia Berezovska was wanted by Interpol after a backpack of explosives was planted inside a luxury Monaco apartment.
Billionaire Vadim Ermolaev, 58, was left in a critical condition after the blast, while his ‘lover’ Anna Nasobina needed to have both legs amputated.
Ukrainian police are understood to have discovered Berezovska’s body in Kyiv at around 11pm on Monday.
The woman had reportedly been shot, sources told Ukrainian outlet Pravda.
A current officer of the Main Intelligence Directorate and a former law enforcement officer have been detained.
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Vadim Ermolaev, 58, also known as Vadym Yermolaiev, suffered life-threatening injuries in the blast (Picture: East2west News)
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His lover, 46-year-old Anna Nasobina, had to have both legs amputated (Picture: East2west News)
Berezovska was wanted on suspicion of attempted murder, placing an explosive device on a public road with criminal intent, and criminal conspiracy.
Interpol issued an arrest warrant for the suspect and described her as having a large tattoo, possibly of a snake, on her right arm from the shoulder to elbow.
Authorities believe she was working with accomplices, and a warrant for her arrest has been issued.
Berezovska had Ukrainian nationality and could speak German.
However, Ukrainian sources also suggested that she could have been born in Kazakhstan, with a Russian passport and living in Crimea, possessing Ukrainian documents so she could easily live in the European Union.
Berezovska was reportedly pro-Vladimir Putin and known for her ties to organised crime.
The suspect was allegedly seen on CCTV, wearing a black hat, tracksuit, white jeans, and trainers, dropping off bags shortly before the blast at around 9pm on Monday.
The backpack was believed to have been full of nuts and bolts, with the Monaco prosecutor claiming the person responsible for planting it then used a remote control to detonate.
An international manhunt was launched for Anastasiia Berezovska (Picture: Interpol/Best Image/Backgrid)
The suspect likely used a car with a German registration plate.
In the immediate aftermath of the blast at the residential block in the La Rousse district, one fellow resident said it sounded as if ‘thunder was coming from behind the mountains’.
Meanwhile, a horrified witness recalled seeing Nasobina with her ‘feet missing’ before she, along with Ermolaev and his teenage son, was rushed to a hospital in Nice.
Silvano Ippolito, who lives across from the building, told BFM TV: ‘She was slumped over, covered in blood.’
He called for his wife, who is a doctor and was able to intervene ‘very quickly, before the emergency services arrived, to apply tourniquets and perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation’ as Nasobina was ‘losing consciousness’.
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