'Package bomb' explosion leaves Ukrainian oligarch and two others injured in Monaco

Monaco's emergency services were mobilized near the site of an explosion in a residential building in Monaco, close to the border with France, on June 29, 2026.
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Ukrainian oligarch Vadim Irmolaiev and two other people were injured in Monaco, on Monday night (29), in the explosion of a "package bomb", the first action of its kind in the principality, authorities indicated.
The explosion occurred around 9 pm (4 pm Brasília time) in a residential building, close to the border with France.
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The Monegasque government initially reported two seriously injured people, a couple aged 50 to 60, and another injured, a 13-year-old teenager, without revealing their identities.
"Tonight, just before 9pm, a violent explosion linked to a package bomb was heard in the Principality, not far from the Place des Moulins", they published authorities on the social network
According to several press outlets, which cite the Ukrainian security services, these sanctions are due to the billionaire's decision to continue his alcohol trading activities on the Crimean peninsula, under Russian occupation.
For now, the identity of the victims has not been confirmed by Monaco, where the attorney general, Stéphane Thibault, planned to hold a press conference this Tuesday, according to the Minister of State (head of government), Christophe Mirmand.
Thibault told AFP that the explosive device was in a bag or package left by a person in the lobby of the affected building, before leaving the scene. The French newspaper Le Figaro stated that images from surveillance cameras showed a man dropping a backpack at the entrance of the building shortly before the explosion.
"It is the first time in history, as far as I know, that an act of this type has occurred in the Principality", said Mirmand.
Denouncing "an atrocious crime", Prince Albert II of Monaco cited in a statement "a blow to the entire Monegasque community" and reaffirmed that "the security" of the European microstate "has always been a priority" and "will continue to be more than ever, whatever the threats".
The authorities have reinforced security measures in the principality, which is already highly protected, Minister Mirmand announced in a brief appearance before the press this Monday.
The three injured were transferred to the French city of Nice, about 20 km from Monaco. Police are searching for the suspect.
Monaco police officers patrol near the site of an explosion at a residential building in Monaco, near the border with France, on June 29, 2026.
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