In Monaco, an explosion occurred in an apartment building after an unknown person left a bag at the scene, they reported BFM TV And the edition Monaco – morning.
The explosion injured three people. According to one information, the victims are “of Ukrainian and Russian origin.” According to the Nice Matin website, the wounded are Ukrainian citizens and perhaps members of the same family. They are a man and a woman between the ages of 50 and 60, in addition to a teenager.
Source: Ukrainian publication “Novini.Live” Confirmsthat in Monaco there may have been an attempt on the life of Ukrainian businessman Vadim Ermolaev.
Ermolaev — one One of the largest developers of the Dnieper River. A year before the major war between Russia and Ukraine, the Ukrainian Forbes magazine estimated his wealth at about $221 million. Meanwhile, Ermolaev himself claimed that in 2017 he renounced Ukrainian citizenship, and since then he has only had a Cypriot passport. Ukrainian authorities foot Sanctions against him in 2023: According to the Security Service of Ukraine, after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, Ermolaev re-registered his alcohol business on the peninsula as dummies and continued to operate under the laws of the Russian Federation.
Monaco authorities certainWe now know about the three victims, but we have not revealed information about them. According to preliminary data, the explosion occurred after an unknown person left a bag containing explosives in the lobby of the house and fled. They are looking for this person.
Monaco introduced the “Red Plan” – a strategy for dealing with an event that could lead to a large number of casualties. Meanwhile, the Monaco Public Prosecutor’s Office It doesn’t count Terrorist attack explosion.