Marianna Budanovawife of the head of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence services, Lieutenant General Kirilo Budanovhas been poisoned with heavy metalsas revealed by sources from the security department itself.

“Marianna Budanova was poisoned with heavy metals. She is undergoing treatment,” said this source, who also clarified that in Budanov’s case “everything is fine with him” and “nothing was found,” according to several Ukrainian media.

“These substances They are not used in any case in everyday life nor in military matters. “The presence of it may indicate a deliberate attempt to poison someone,” one of these sources told the Babel news portal.

Another source has revealed to the Ukrainska Pravda portal that Budanova “was probably poisoned with (a product introduced into her) food“, although “he is better now” after having passed the first phase of treatment. Likewise, he said that employees of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) are being treated for poisoning.

“As Budanov’s wife is small and weighs little, this manifested itself faster in her. The poisoning in several employees since they are simply enormous, they didn’t notice anything and now they are also being treated,” he explained.

Authorities have confirmed that the woman is admitted to a hospital in Ukraine and? His case is being investigated as an attempted murder.. In recent times, Budanov has been the target of more than a dozen assassination attempts, according to Ukrainian media, one of which was a missile attack on the GUR headquarters during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In December last year, for example, Ukrainian authorities revealed that they had thwarted an attempt by Russian special services to end the lives of Budanov and the then Defense Minister, Alexei Reznikov, while in spring 2022 it was close to being hit by Russian fire during a visit to troops on the Severodonetsk front, in the Luhansk region.