Ukraine Security Services Recover Deleted Video of Monaco Assassination Attempt

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has recovered a critical piece of deleted evidence: a surveillance video capturing an assassination attempt on a Ukrainian businessman in Monaco. Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko announced that SBU specialists professionally restored the footage, which perpetrators had attempted to destroy.

The video shows three individuals approaching a location, followed by an explosion. A passerby then picks up the camera and flees. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. on June 29 in Monaco, injuring three people, two severely. Sources identified the victims as Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolayev, who faces sanctions, and his relatives.

An Interpol red notice was issued for Anastasiia Berezovska, a 39-year-old Ukrainian citizen, suspected of planting the explosive device. However, Berezovska was later found murdered and buried near Kyiv. Ukrainian authorities announced the arrest of two individuals suspected of her murder, who also allegedly transferred funds to Berezovska's accounts, suggesting a possible connection to the Monaco incident.

Investigators believe Berezovska's handlers, identified as Vladyslav Reut, an employee of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate, and Vitaliy Zhykovych, a former SBU officer, may have orchestrated the assassination attempt. Both Reut and Zhykovych have been detained without bail by a Kyiv court. The recovered video is considered a key piece of evidence in understanding the events surrounding the attack and its alleged perpetrators.