"Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian Peace Negotiators Suffer Suspected Poisoning; Russian oligarch developed symptoms that people familiar with the matter blamed on hard-liners in Moscow who they say want to sabotage peace talks" - WSJ - SCW Newswatch

The Wall Street Journal reports on sudden suspicious illnesses suffered by some participants in negotiations aimed at ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine, suspected of being the result of deliberate poisoning.

"... Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, Ukrainian lawmaker Rustem Umerov and another negotiator developed symptoms following the March 3 meeting in Kyiv that included red eyes, constant and painful tearing, and peeling skin on their faces and hands, the people said. [] ... Abramovich [reportedly] was blinded for a few hours and later had trouble eating .... Some of the people familiar with the matter blamed the suspected attack on hard-liners in Moscow who they said wanted to sabotage talks to end the war. ... [Those persons] involved in the incident since have improved, and [reportedly] their lives aren’t in danger .... Western experts who looked into the incident said it was hard to determine whether the symptoms were caused by a chemical or biological agent or by some sort of electromagnetic-radiation attack .... Too much time [reportedly] had passed for the suspected poison to be detected by the time a German forensic team was able to perform an examination ...."

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Key Words: Russia, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, Poisonings, Assassinations

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