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. Budanov, 37 years old, has become a face of Ukraine’s military resistance to the Russian invasion, famed for his impassive expression and dry, direct manner of speaking.