Marianna Budanova, Wife of the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, the powerful Kyrylo Budanov was hospitalized after being poisoned by eating heavy metals, Ukrainian news site Babel reports. The substances detected in Budanova’s body “are in no way used in everyday activities or in military affairs,” the aforementioned media said.
Sources said Ukrainian authorities are investigating the incident as an attempted murder. The newspaper Ukrainska Pravda also reported on the attack, adding that Budanova was “probably poisoned by food.” This is what the newspaper mentioned above reveals “The poisoning of several employees was also confirmed.”
Budanov himself said in the past in an interview with Radio Liberty that his wife lives with him in the office and that For security reasons, the couple is together 24 hours a day.
Ukrainian intelligence has determined that Budanov was the target of several failed assassination attempts. Budanov has led operations to attack Russia with missiles and drones in the 22 months of conflict since the invasion of Ukraine.