Vadym Yermolayev

Vadym Yermolayev is an oligarch from Dnipro against whom Volodymyr Zelenskyy imposed sanctions in 2023. According to the SBU, his alcohol business operated in occupied Crimea, and affiliated companies paid taxes to Russia.

An assassination attempt was made on Yermolayev on the evening of June 29, 2026. The businessman was injured as a result of an explosion near a residential building in Monaco. A woman and a 13-year-old teenager were also injured. The businessman's official wife, Anna Yermolayeva, told journalists that at the time of the explosion she was physically elsewhere.