Video Released in Monaco Bombing That Injured Sanctioned Ukrainian Tycoon and Family

Ukrainian prosecutors released video on Saturday from a surveillance camera installed by the suspected perpetrators that captured the June 30 explosion in Monaco injuring tycoon Vadym Yermolaiev and his family. The footage, provided to the Associated Press, shows a figure wearing a hat and carrying a bag setting down the item in a building entryway and walking away before a man, woman and child approach from a hill and a blast blurs the recording.

Specialists from the Ukrainian Security Service restored the initially deleted images.

Ukrainian chief prosecutor Ruslan Kravchenko said in a Telegram post that the case involves investigators from Monaco, France, Ukraine and Interpol. The suspected perpetrator, Anastasiia Berezovska, was found dead in Ukraine a few days after the attack. A Ukrainian military intelligence officer confessed to killing her but told the SBU he acted alone and without the knowledge of his superiors.

Yermolaiev’s lawyers released a letter this week accusing Ukrainian security services of organizing the explosion. In the letter, Yermolaiev said the Ukrainian military intelligence agency was directly involved in an attempt to assassinate his family.

He wrote that he remains hospitalized, his partner Anna has irreversible injuries, and their 13-year-old son suffered burns and fractures, while also thanking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his attention to the case and unspecified assistance.

Yermolaiev was sanctioned by Zelensky’s government in 2023 for ties to Russia and has said he renounced his Ukrainian citizenship. The Monaco prosecutor’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the video or the investigation status.