Three people were injured in a deliberate explosion at a residential building in Monaco on June 29, 2026, in what authorities called an unprecedented attack on the peaceful principality. Among the victims are Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev and his partner, both in life-threatening condition, along with a 13-year-old child who suffered less serious injuries.
A suspect left a bag containing an explosive device packed with bolts and buckshot in the building lobby near the French border before fleeing around 9 p.m. local time. Monaco’s Minister of State Christophe Mirmand stated: “This is the first time in history, to my knowledge, that such an act has taken place in the principality.” Prince Albert II described the incident as a “heinous crime” and “a shock to the entire Monegasque community.”
As of June 30, 2026, French authorities are assisting in the manhunt for the fugitive, with no confirmed motive or arrests reported, according to AFP and Deutsche Welle. The targeted oligarch, a Monaco resident, has been under Ukrainian sanctions since 2023 over alleged business activities in Russian-occupied Crimea.
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Three people including a teenager have been wounded in an explosion at a residential building in Monaco, which authorities described as a “deliberate” act.
A source close to the investigations who asked not to be named told AFP that one of those wounded was a Ukrainian oligarch, Vadym Yermolaiev.
The territory’s Minister of State Christophe Mirmand initially told AFP the blast at a residential building appeared to be “an attack”, but later dropped that term, describing it as a “deliberate explosion”.
An aide to France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said police were working “to find the perpetrator, who has fled”.
The explosion struck around 9pm local time on Mondau in a residential building on a street along the border with France.
Public prosecutor Stephane Thibault said a suspect had left a bag or package in the building’s lobby before leaving.
Nothing appeared for the moment to indicate why the building might have been targeted, he said.
A couple in their 50s or 60s wounded in the blast were in life-threatening conditions, while a 13-year-old who was “very likely related to the couple” suffered less serious injuries, Mirmand said, without disclosing their nationality.
The explosive device apparently contained bolts and buckshot, Mirmand said.
“This is the first time in history, to my knowledge, that such an act has taken place in the principality,” he said.
Mirmand said the prosecutor would give a news briefing on Tuesday.
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