Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian negotiators suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning after a meeting in Kiev earlier this month.
The Wall Street Journal reports it citing some sources, according to which the suspected attack may have been committed by some in Moscow who wanted to sabotage the talks to end the war
.
Symptoms observed after the meeting in Kiev earlier this month included "red eyes, peeling of the skin on the face and hands".
Since then, the Wall Street Journal reports, their health has improved and they do not appear in danger.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met Abramovich, had no problems.
Western experts investigating the incident believe it is difficult to determine whether the symptoms were caused by a chemical or biological agent, or whether it was an attack with electromagnetic radiation.
A spokeswoman for Roman Abramovich confirmed the suspected poisoning
suffered by the Russian oligarch in early March on the sidelines of one of the first negotiating meetings between the Moscow and Kiev delegations on the ongoing war in Ukraine.
This was reported by the BBC and other media in the United Kingdom, where Abramovich - who also has Israeli citizenship and who is currently affected by the British and EU sanctions, but not by the US - was a long-time resident, as a the other as patron of the Chelsea football team.
The revelation was anticipated by the Wall Street Journal and then by the Bellingcat website.
Ukrainian presidential adviser and chief negotiator Mikhailo Podolyak denies allegations of
Russian poisoning of Ukrainian negotiators reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The Kyiv Independent reports it citing Hromadske.
This is "speculation", Podolyak said, adding that all Ukrainian negotiators "work as usual".
"At the moment we do not intend to comment,
so we can neither confirm nor deny
" that the Ukrainian deputy Rustem Umerov was the victim of poisoning together with the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, on the sidelines of the second negotiation meeting between the delegations of Ukraine and Russia on 3 last March.
The spokeswoman for the Kiev parliamentarian told ANSA.
"Tell them I'll wipe them out
. "
This would be
the answer given by Vladimir Putin to a note from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, containing the conditions of Kiev for a peace agreement
and delivered Wednesday to the Kremlin by the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.
The Times reports it.
Abramovich would arrive in Moscow after a stop in Istanbul.
And after meeting Zelensky on the sidelines of his participation in the first negotiations between Russians and Ukrainians.
Negotiations during which, at the beginning of March, he allegedly showed suspected symptoms of poisoning (like two Ukrainian delegates), from which he appears to have been cured in the meantime.
Roman Abramovich lost his sight for a few hours after suspected poisoning
.
The Financial Times reports this, citing some sources, according to which Abramovich received adequate medical treatment in Turkey and fully recovered his sight.