Ukraine’s military-intelligence chief, Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, and his wife, Marianna Budanova, at a memorial ceremony in Kyiv in January.
Photo: viacheslav ratynskyi/ReutersUkraine said the wife of one of its top military leaders had been poisoned, raising suspicion in Kyiv that she had been the victim of a high-profile assassination attempt.
A spokesman for Ukraine’s powerful military-intelligence agency, known as HUR, said that Marianna Budanova , wife of HUR chief Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov , had been poisoned with heavy metals.
She is currently undergoing treatment, said the spokesman, Andriy Yusov , declining to give any more details.
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