The wife of Ukraine’s military intelligence chief has been admitted to hospital with suspected poisoning, Ukrainian media reported Tuesday.

Sources in the Ukrainian intelligence community told the Kyiv Post news outlet that Marianna Budanova, the wife of Ukraine’s head of intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, had been poisoned.

When asked to confirm reports that Budanova had been taken ill, a source in Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence was quoted as telling the Kyiv Post: “Unfortunately this is true.”

The Babel news outlet said its intelligence sources had informed it that Budanova had been “poisoned with heavy metals.”

Budanova’s condition in hospital is unknown but Babel reported that “the course of treatment is now being completed, and then there will be a check-up by the doctors,” quoting an unnamed source. Budanova had been diagnosed with heavy metal damage.

“These substances are not used in any way in everyday life and military affairs. Their presence may indicate a purposeful attempt to poison a specific person,” the intelligence agency said.

Media outlets said the suspected poisoning was being investigated and treated as an attempted assassination.

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The Informant via CNBC