THE wife of Ukraine’s spy chief was poisoned by Russia with arsenic and mercury, according to Kyiv’s former intelligence head.
Marianna Budanova, 30, was rushed to the hospital after her food was reportedly spiked with arsenic and mercury in a suspected assassination hit ordered by twisted Putin.
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Several other victims of the suspected Russian sting are senior intelligence officers closely involved in the war against Russia, the service’s ex-head Lt-Gen Valeriy Kondratyuk said.
Marianna suffered a “prolonged deterioration of her health”, but survived and is now recovering, an intelligence source said.
She is the wife of highly-respected Lt-Gen Kyrylo Budanov, 37, head of Ukraine’s military intelligence (GUR) and one of Russia’s main targets for elimination in Ukraine.
He was reportedly not poisoned,…
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