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Updated · BBC.com · Jul 7
Ukraine Charges 2 Men in Death of Monaco Bomb Suspect Berezovska
Updated
Updated · BBC.com · Jul 7

Ukraine Charges 2 Men in Death of Monaco Bomb Suspect Berezovska

3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jul 7

Summary

  • Two men — including a serving Ukrainian military intelligence officer — were charged with murdering 39-year-old Anastasiia Berezovska after her body was found buried in Kyiv region with gunshot wounds to the head.
  • SBU said Berezovska returned to Ukraine on July 1, two days after the June 29 parcel bombing in Monaco, and was killed on July 3 after meeting the suspects in a car on a highway.
  • Investigators said the two men had repeatedly sent money to Berezovska's crypto and bank accounts and were already being examined as possible accomplices in the Monaco attack; the intelligence officer later confessed to the killing.
  • Monaco prosecutors say Berezovska disguised herself as a man while casing and bombing the apartment building, where three people were injured, two seriously.
  • Authorities are still identifying other suspects in the cross-border case, which targeted a family widely reported to include sanctioned Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, once listed by Forbes at $230 million.

Insights

Why would a Ukrainian intelligence officer murder the key suspect in an oligarch's bombing?
With the bomber silenced, who truly ordered the assassination attempt on the sanctioned millionaire in Monaco?