Ukrainian oligarch injured in Monaco house explosion

Vadym Yermolaiev was sanctioned by Ukraine for allegedly doing business in Russian-occupied Crimea.

Police in Monaco and France were reportedly searching Monday night for a man suspected of detonating a makeshift explosive device that injured several people, including two critically.

Vadim Ermolaev, also transliterated as Vadym Iermolaiev, has been named by officials speaking to news agency AFP as one of three people injured in the blast, which occurred outside a residential building in the luxury principality shortly before 9pm local time on Wednesday.

The blast occurred around 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) on a street near the French border.