Posted 11/29/2023, 2:33:00 AM
Wife of Ukraine Intelligence Official Hospitalized; Poisoning Suspected, Russia Under Scrutiny
- Marianna Budanova, wife of Ukraine's top military intelligence official, hospitalized with apparent heavy metals poisoning
- Ukrainian and Western officials suspect Russian agents may have paid staff to carry out poisoning
- Test results show Ukrainian defense intelligence staff also sickened; Ukraine investigating
- Foreign Minister Kuleba says "highly likely Russia is behind it" though no official conclusions yet
- Russia has history of extra-territorial poisonings against enemies, including 2018 Skripal poisoning in England