Peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are going just about as well as one would expect with a murderous dictator like Vladimir Putin.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a Russian Oligarch and Ukrainian Peace Negotiators are experiencing suspicious symptoms and expect that poisoning may be the cause.
From Business Insider:
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators experienced symptoms from a suspected poison attack earlier in March, sources told the Wall Street Journal.
Sources told the Wall Street Journal that Abramovich and the Ukrainians experienced symptoms including red eyes and the peeling of skin on their hands and faces after a meeting in Kyiv.
According to the report, their conditions have since improved.
Sources familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal that they blame the attack on Russians who want to derail ongoing peace talks.
Responding to the Journal's report, the investigative outlet Bellingcat in a series of tweets said that it "can confirm that three members of the delegation attending the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on the night of 3 to 4 March 2022 experienced symptoms consistent with poisoning with chemical weapons."
Ah, chemical weapons and slavic peace talks go hand in hand with each other, like red wine and steak.
"Abramovich, along with another Russian entrepreneur, had taken part in the negotiations alongside Ukraine's MP Rustem Umerov. The negotiation round on the afternoon of 3 March took place on Ukrainian territory, and lasted until about 10 pm," Bellingcat added. Three members of the negotiating team experienced symptoms after going back to their hotel that night, including "eye and skin inflammation and piercing pain in the eyes," the tweets said.
The next day the negotiators made their way toward Lviv, in Western Ukraine, and a Bellingcat investigator was asked to help provide an examination by chemical weapons specialists.
Most telling, the Journal reported that the survival of those poisoned didn't seem to indicate said poison had failed.
The point was not death, but to send a message.
"Based on remote and on-site examinations, the experts concluded that the symptoms are most likely the result of international poisoning with an undefined chemical weapon," Bellingcat said. "The experts said the dosage and type of toxin used was likely insufficient to cause life-threatening damage, and most likely was intended to scare the victims as opposed to cause permanent damage. The victims said they were not aware of who might have had an interest in an attack."
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What do you think: Is Putin is up to his old tricks??
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