{
  "id": 13116230,
  "title": "Yermolayev was targeted over 'financing occupation of Crimea,' suspect in case says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/yermolayev-was-targeted-over-financing-occupation-of-crimea-suspect",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T12:37:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/zhykovych-case-statement-on-attempted-assassination-of-yermolayev-over-funding-for-crimea-50648657.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Vadym Yermolayev, a Ukrainian businessman and developer, was targeted in an assassination attempt due to his involvement in financing the occupation of Crimea, according to Vitalii Zhykovych, a suspect in the case. Zhykovych, who is currently in prison, claimed that the attack was revenge for Yermolayev's tax payments to Russia from businesses located in Crimea. Yermolayev, however, denies any involvement in the case. Zhykovych, a non-staff employee of Ukraine's SBU Security Service, stated that the bomb blast was ordered from the civilian side by someone. Yermolayev renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2019 and received Cypriot citizenship. President Zelenskyy issued a personal sanctions decision against Yermolayev in 2023. Anastasiia Berezovska, a Ukrainian woman suspected of the attack on Yermolayev, was found dead near Kyiv in July. The case has also involved French media reporting a deadly explosion in Monaco in June, which resulted in injuries to the Ukrainian family of Vadym Yermolayev.",
  "summary": "The assassination attempt on Vadym Yermolayev was organized over \"financing\" the occupation of Crimea, Vitalii Zhykovych, a suspect in the case of the killing of Anastasiia Berezovska, a woman suspected of an attempt on a family in Monaco, said in an interview with the BBC on Oct. 8.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}