Ukrainian military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, told journalists from the French news outlet Liberation that he was able to determine who was responsible for his wife’s poisoning and promised “retaliatory actions on Russian territory.”

“My wife is feeling better,” Budanov said. “Since I did not drink poison, it is difficult for me to say whether it was an attempt to murder me. But I have already survived many assassination attempts and will probably survive many more. I think that in the near future you will see retaliatory actions on Russian territory, and everyone will understand this.”

Late last year, Ukraine’s military intelligence announced that Budanov’s wife, Marianna Budanova, was hospitalized due to heavy metal poisoning.

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