Marianna Budanova. Earlier on Tuesday, the Ukrainian news website Babel said Budanov's wife had been poisoned with heavy metals.
According to the official, Budanov's wife, Marianna Budanova, "has most likely been given poisoned food" as she "complained of feeling unwell" and her poisoning had been confirmed after tests.
In turn, the RBC-Ukraine news agency requested information about the condition of Budanov himself from Ukraine's special services. According to an intelligence official, Ukraine's spy chief "is feeling well" and no signs of his poisoning have been found.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Ukrainian news website Babel said Budanov's wife had been poisoned with heavy metals. According to the news portal, Budanova was hospitalized after feeling unwell for a prolonged period of time. A probe into the attempted murder is underway, it added. Budanov told Ukrainian media in an interview earlier that his wife had been staying in his office, even though she is not a GUR employee.
Comment: It's likely a sign of just how rapidly the Kiev-junta is deteriorating when even the spy chief's wife and staff are being poisoned.
Note that this comes just a few weeks after a rather dubious incident wherein a top aide to the military commander received a birthday present of 6 hand grenades, one somehow exploded, killing him and seriously injuring his son: