Iermolaiev Accuses GUR of Orchestrating Monaco Bombing That Injured 3
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 16
Iermolaiev Accuses GUR of Orchestrating Monaco Bombing That Injured 3
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 16
Summary
Vadym Iermolaiev said serving and former officers of Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency organized the Monaco bombing that left him in intensive care, his partner critically injured and their 13-year-old son badly hurt.
French investigators identified suspected bomber Anastasiia Berezovska as the Ukrainian national who planted the device, which exploded as the family emerged from their building.
Days later, Berezovska was found dead near Kyiv, and Ukrainian authorities arrested GUR officer Vladyslav Reut and former law enforcement officer Oleksandr Zhykovych over her killing.
Prosecutors cast the case as a rogue operation by Reut, but Iermolaiev rejected that account and said evidence pointed to a wider conspiracy involving officers close to current and former GUR leadership.
The allegations threaten to embarrass President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and strain ties with European partners because Ukraine has no known precedent for carrying out such an attack on European territory.