Update: Earlier yesterday, Monaco authorities stated that a person was taken into custody - then released - in the probe of the blast that reportedly hurt Ukrainian tycoon.
However, a few hours later, prosecutors confirmed that they had identified the suspect in the bombing.
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As Chris Summers reported earlier via The Epoch Times, a manhunt is underway for a bomber after a Ukrainian businessman - who was sanctioned by Kyiv for alleged ties to Russia - and two other people were seriously injured in an explosion in the foyer of an upmarket apartment building in Monaco.
Investigators examine the scene of a bombing—which injured three people—in Monaco on June 30, 2026. Philippe Magoni/APFrench media has identified Vadym Iermolaiev, a construction tycoon from Dnipro in central Ukraine, his wife, and his 13-year-old son as being the victims of the explosion, which took place on the evening of June 29.
Iermolaiev - who had renounced his Ukrainian citizenship and obtained a Cyprus passport - was sanctioned by Kyiv in June 2024 for allegedly selling vodka in Russian-occupied Crimea.
In a June 29 X post, the Monaco government said, "Tonight, shortly before 9 p.m., a violent explosion linked to a booby-trapped package was heard in the Principality not far from Place des Moulins."
"A suspect was spotted by the video surveillance system fleeing toward the municipality of Be
