Wife of Ukrainian Spy Chief Poisoned, Kyiv Says

Ukraine said the wife of one of its top military leaders had been poisoned, raising suspicion in Kyiv that she had been the victim of a high-profile assassination attempt.

A spokesman for Ukraine’s powerful military-intelligence agency, known as HUR, said that Marianna Budanova, wife of HUR chief Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, had been poisoned with heavy metals. She is currently undergoing treatment, said the spokesman, Andriy Yusov, declining to give any more details.