Updated
Updated · The Independent · Jul 18
Ukraine Releases Monaco Bomb Footage in June 29 Attack on Tycoon Vadym Iermolaiev
Updated
Updated · The Independent · Jul 18

Ukraine Releases Monaco Bomb Footage in June 29 Attack on Tycoon Vadym Iermolaiev

3 articles · Updated · The Independent · Jul 18

Summary

  • Surveillance footage restored by Ukraine's SBU shows the June 29 parcel-bomb attack in Monaco that left tycoon Vadym Iermolaiev fighting for his life.
  • Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said suspects had tried to destroy the recording, but investigators recovered it as key evidence in what they describe as an attempted contract killing.
  • The camera had been installed near the scene in advance to confirm the hit had been carried out, according to prosecutors, suggesting premeditation by those behind the attack.
  • A woman and child were also injured in the blast, and Ukrainian prosecutors say a Ukrainian woman suspected of organizing the attack was later found shot dead near Kyiv.

Insights

An oligarch bombed, a spy murdered. Is this a Ukrainian intelligence civil war or a sophisticated Russian plot?
Was the Monaco bomber’s murder a state-ordered silencing or a sign of infighting among Ukraine’s spies?
Was the Monaco attack revenge for a massive crypto scam or for the oligarch's sanctioned business with Russia?