Chilling new details are emerging about the Monaco bombing following the discovery of a hidden underground space resembling a “torture chamber” at the home of a former police officer accused of murdering the key suspect in the case — the woman believed to have orchestrated the assassination attempt on Ukrainian oligarch Vadim Yermolaev.
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Ukrainian prosecutors investigating the case described a scene of horror inside the former officer’s residence. During a raid on the basement of the property, investigators uncovered bloodstains, weapons, axes, hammers, and containers filled with unidentified liquids — a space they described as deeply suspicious. The case centers on Anastasia Berezovskaya, a 39-year-old Ukrainian national who had been sought as the prime suspect in the Monaco bombing, which left Ukrainian real estate mogul Vadim Yermolaev, his partner Anna Nazobyina, and their 13-year-old son seriously injured.
Berezovskaya, who had been classified as “armed and dangerous,” had been identified by Interpol and was the subject of an international arrest warrant on charges of attempted murder, placing an explosive device in a public space, and participation in a criminal conspiracy.
Monaco explosion: The surveillance footage documenting the suspect’s final movements
Just hours before the deadly blast, security cameras captured the last known movements of Anastasia Berezovskaya. The suspect was filmed entering a shop in the French town of Beausoleil, located right on the border with the Principality of Monaco.
In the footage, the 39-year-old can be seen purchasing a portable phone charger (power bank). According to investigators, Beausoleil was not merely a transit point — it was also the location from which she fled immediately after carrying out the bombing.
Last purchase before the explosion: suspect in attack on Ukrainian oligarch Yermolaev caught on camera
Anastasia Berezovskaya entered a shop in the French town of Beausoleil, right on the border with Monaco, just hours before the explosion. Surveillance cameras captured her… https://t.co/ScSq4S3Dwy pic.twitter.com/PPgOCSnTc3
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) July 8, 2026
The two men arrested for her murder
Ukrainian authorities announced the arrest of two men suspected of murdering Berezovskaya: a former police officer and an active-duty officer of Ukraine’s military intelligence service.
Prosecutors allege that the two men had previously transferred funds into the 39-year-old’s bank accounts and cryptocurrency wallets.
According to the official statement, the military intelligence officer reportedly confessed to killing Berezovskaya together with the other suspect.
Her body was discovered on July 6, approximately one week after the Monaco explosion.
She had suffered gunshot wounds to the head, and bullet casings from a pistol were found at the scene.
Timeline of the bombing that shocked Monaco
The attack took place at the entrance of a luxury residential complex known as “Sun’s Palace,” owned by Yermolaev.
According to authorities, the suspect allegedly disguised herself as a man and left a backpack containing an explosive device in the building’s lobby. The bomb was detonated remotely via mobile phone.
Security cameras captured an individual wearing a black hat leaving the scene and crossing the border into France, before continuing on to Italy and Germany.
Vadim Yermolaev, who was included in Forbes magazine’s 2020 list of Ukraine’s wealthiest individuals, has an estimated net worth of $230 million.
However, his name has also been linked to previous investigations. Ukrainian authorities had imposed sanctions against him in 2023 over business interests related to wine and alcohol in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Investigators are also exploring the possibility that the attack is connected to a broader telephone fraud network allegedly defrauding investors across European countries through fake cryptocurrency investment schemes.
The Ukrainian oligarch’s partner, Anna Nazobyina, 46, remains in critical condition, having sustained such severe injuries in the blast that both her legs required amputation.
Her 13-year-old son, Ariel, suffered less serious injuries and has already given a statement to authorities, describing what he remembers from the moment of the attack.
Yermolaev himself fell into a coma following the explosion but has since regained consciousness.
