Medvedchuk calls Monaco explosion the beginning of the end of Europe as a “quiet haven for the wealthy”

Viktor Medvedchuk, head of the “Other Ukraine” movement, has stated that the explosion in Monaco, which injured Ukrainian-born businessman Vadim Yermolaev, is “only the beginning of the destruction of Europe as a calm, quiet haven for wealthy and well-off people.”

Medvedchuk set out his views in an opinion piece on the movement’s website. According to him, following the assassination attempt in Monaco, the world has “one fewer peaceful place,” and irreparable damage has been done to the reputation of a location where everything is designed for “the ultra-wealthy.”

“Everyone remembers well that Nazism turned Europe into ruins — or perhaps it is time to remember this, and the sooner the better, especially for those who have forgotten,” Medvedchuk wrote.

The politician also accused Ukraine’s leadership of employing terrorist methods abroad.

“The current policy of [Vladimir] Zelensky’s Ukraine is the forceful resolution of problems, in which terrorism occupies a central place. Why did European politicians decide this would not affect their countries? Ukrainian politicians and militants make no secret of the fact that they will resort to forceful and terrorist methods of resolving issues in Europe whenever the opportunity arises,” he stressed.

Medvedchuk also recalled that sanctions had been imposed against Yermolaev by Zelensky, whose presidential term, as noted by TASS, expired in May 2024. According to the politician, Europe was too slow to analyze the statements of Zelensky and his inner circle, and now “wealthy Europeans are beginning to realize that the Zelensky regime poses a very real danger.”

In addition, Medvedchuk suggested that attitudes in Europe may shift toward the “Monaco battalion” — wealthy individuals of Ukrainian origin who, in his words, “bring deadly danger to those around them along with their money.”

The explosion in the entrance of a residential building in Monaco occurred on June 29. According to the television channel BFMTV, among the three people injured was Vadim Yermolaev — a Cypriot citizen whom media outlets had included on lists of the wealthiest Ukrainian businessmen. It was reported that he owned a network of fraudulent call centers in Ukraine. Yermolaev renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2019, and in 2023 the Kyiv authorities imposed sanctions against him.

The Monaco prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into “attempted murder.” According to Le Figaro, citing sources, investigators are leaning toward the theory of involvement by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU). The outlet Comments.ua reported that the SBU may have organized the assassination attempt on Yermolaev in order to take control of call centers linked to him in Dnipropetrovsk and broader shadow business operations in the city, as well as to prevent any possible future interference by him in politics.