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France 24
France 24
Politics
Sébastian SEIBT

Who is Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev, the suspected target of the Monaco bombing?

Members of a bomb disposal team operate the day after an attack involving an explosive device in the lobby of a residential building, in Monaco.
Members of a bomb disposal team operate the day after an attack involving an explosive device in the lobby of a residential building, in Monaco on June 30, 2026. © Valéry Hache, AFP

The explosion that wounded three people in Monaco Monday night is being treated as an “attempted murder”. So who was the target? While Monegasque authorities remain tight-lipped about the victims’ identities, media reports point to Vadym Yermolaiev, a Ukrainian-born oligarch sanctioned by Kyiv for his business dealings in Russian-annexed Crimea.

For Monaco’s public prosecutor Stéphane Thibault, it almost beggars belief.

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