It was not the wife of the Ukrainian oligarch who lost both legs in the explosion in Monaco, but the mistress — DM

Ukrainian oligarch Vadim Ermolaev, his mistress and son became the target of a carefully planned attack organized by a very knowledgeable person. This is reported by the British Daily Mail, citing security sources.

"The assassination of Ukrainian oligarch Vadim Ermolaev in Monaco was a targeted, carefully planned attack organized by a person with inside information about his movements, according to security sources," the publication says.

According to Colonel Philip Ingram, a former Army intelligence officer, "it is absolutely clear that this was a very well-planned assassination attempt.

"The way the bomb was planted suggests that some kind of reconnaissance was probably carried out in advance to determine the pattern of life and when people enter and leave the house," he said.

Local sources claim that there are six apartments in the apartment building, which were all empty at the time of the attack, which occurred when the victims were "returning home peacefully."

In one apartment, as reported, lives Anna Nasobina, 46, a Ukrainian businesswoman permanently residing in London, who is believed to be a long-time lover of Ermolaev. Now it turned out that he owns all the apartments in the building, except one.

"The family home he shares with his wife Anna, 56, with whom he has four children, is a high—security villa in nearby Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Initial reports suggested that the victim of the explosion was his wife, but the newspaper later found out that he was actually with his lover during the attack," the newspaper writes.

It is noted that it was the mistress, not the oligarch's wife, who lost both legs in the explosion and is now fighting for her life in the intensive care unit at the hospital.

Their 13-year-old son was also with the couple, he was also injured and is in the hospital with his parents.

Now the investigation is trying to find out who is responsible for the explosion, which Monaco prosecutors consider as an attempted murder, and not as a terrorist attack.