Wife of Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Chief is Poisoned
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The wife of Ukraine’s military intelligence chief has been hospitalized after being poisoned with heavy metals that may have been slipped into her food, according to officials.
Marianna Budanova, the university professor wife of Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanova who leads Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR), was finishing a course of medical treatment for the effects of the poisoning, according to the publication Babel.
“Yes, I can confirm the information, unfortunately, it is true,” GUR spokesman Andriy Yusov said, without clarifying when the poisoning happened.
The mystery substances believed to have sickened Budanova “are in no way used in daily activities or in military affairs,” a source within GUR told the outlet. “Their presence may indicate a deliberate attempt to poison a specific person.”
The poison likely had been mixed into Budanova’s food, reported the newspaper Ukrainska Pravda, citing sources in the country’s security apparatus.
“She complained of feeling unwell, and that is why they ran some tests that revealed she had been poisoned,” sources were quoted as telling the publication.
Several other GUR operatives had also been poisoned, but Budanova became symptomatic first because she weighs significantly less than the others, reported Ukrainska Pravda.
Valeriy Kondratyuk, the former head of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service, told the independent Russian news outlet Meduza that he spoke on Tuesday to Budanov, who confirmed his wife’s poisoning.
“Some of her organs had been affected,” Kondratyuk revealed. “At this point, the medical treatment has been concluded; her life is not in danger.”
The Ukrainian authorities are investigating Budanova’s poisoning as an attempted murder, according to RBC Ukraine.
The wife of Ukraine’s military intelligence chief has been hospitalized after being poisoned with heavy metals that may have been slipped into her food, according to officials.
Marianna Budanova, the university professor wife of Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanova who leads Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR), was finishing a course of medical treatment for the effects of the poisoning, according to the publication Babel.
“Yes, I can confirm the information, unfortunately, it is true,” GUR spokesman Andriy Yusov said, without clarifying when the poisoning happened.
The mystery substances believed to have sickened Budanova “are in no way used in daily activities or in military affairs,” a source within GUR told the outlet. “Their presence may indicate a deliberate attempt to poison a specific person.”
The poison likely had been mixed into Budanova’s food, reported the newspaper Ukrainska Pravda, citing sources in the country’s security apparatus.
“She complained of feeling unwell, and that is why they ran some tests that revealed she had been poisoned,” sources were quoted as telling the publication.
Several other GUR operatives had also been poisoned, but Budanova became symptomatic first because she weighs significantly less than the others, reported Ukrainska Pravda.
Valeriy Kondratyuk, the former head of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service, told the independent Russian news outlet Meduza that he spoke on Tuesday to Budanov, who confirmed his wife’s poisoning.
“Some of her organs had been affected,” Kondratyuk revealed. “At this point, the medical treatment has been concluded; her life is not in danger.”
The Ukrainian authorities are investigating Budanova’s poisoning as an attempted murder, according to RBC Ukraine.
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