The body of a woman (Ukrainian national Anastasia Berezovska), suspected by the law enforcement agencies of the Principality of Monaco of attempting to murder a family within the Principality, an incident in which three people were injured, including a child, has been found.

Ukrainian law enforcement agencies launched a pre-trial investigation into this incident on 1 July 2026.

According to the investigation, the suspect arrived in Ukraine on 1 July 2026. In the course of investigative and operational activities, her circle of contacts and travel routes were established.

Upon her return to Ukraine, she was in contact with her family and two men. The first was a former law enforcement officer; the second was a serving officer of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

Having information that both men had repeatedly made transfers to A. Berezovska’s cryptocurrency and bank accounts, the investigation treated them as individuals potentially involved in the attempted murder in Monaco.

Urgent investigative measures were conducted, during which the active-duty Defence Intelligence officer confessed to the murder of A. Berezovskaya, which he committed alongside the second suspect. The officer stated that he acted entirely on his own initiative, without informing his superiors of his contacts with Berezovskaya, the financial transfers to her, or any of his other actions.

Furthermore, during a search of the former law enforcement officer’s home, a basement room resembling a torture chamber was discovered.

Both suspects have been detained on suspicion of murder committed as part of a premeditated conspiracy by a group.

Following the testimony of one of the accomplices, a forensic reconstruction was carried out, during which the body of A. Berezovskaya was found with gunshot wounds to the head, along with pistol cartridge cases.

A notice of suspicion is being prepared. The investigation is ongoing.

All information available to Ukrainian law enforcement agencies has been provided to the Principality of Monaco’s investigative authorities. The Office of the Prosecutor General is working closely with the law enforcement agencies of the Principality of Monaco.

The law enforcement team is identifying those who ordered the attack and other individuals involved in the attempted murder of the family in Monaco.

The pre-trial investigation is conducted by the National Police of Ukraine, with operational support from the SSU Counterintelligence and the personal assistance of Oleh Ivashchenko, Head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.