Explosion in Monaco injures three including Ukrainian businessman

On the evening of Monday, June 29, 2026, a bomb explosion occurred at the entrance of a residential building in the Moulins district of Monaco, near the French border. Three members of a Ukrainian family, including a man identified by media as businessman Vadym Yermolaev, his wife, and their 13-year-old son, were seriously injured. The device, which contained metal bolts and pellets to maximize injury, was placed at the building entrance before the suspect fled on foot toward the French town of Beausoleil. All three victims were transported to hospitals in Nice, with the adults in the Pasteur Hospital and the minor in the Lenval Pediatric Hospital. Authorities are treating the incident as a targeted attack and have launched a large-scale manhunt based on security camera footage of the suspect. While the motives remain under investigation, Prince Albert II condemned the act as heinous, asserting that Monaco remains committed to community safety. Yermolaev, a prominent real estate investor and former Ukrainian citizen who holds Cypriot citizenship, has been subject to Ukrainian government sanctions since 2023.