In Ukraine, participants in negotiations to end the war with Russia have denied reports that they were poisoned. All members of the negotiating groups are working normally, Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podoliak said on Monday, according to local media. The US newspaper “Wall Street Journal” reported on Monday that members of the delegations, including the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, were poisoned in early March.
The article appeared ahead of renewed negotiations scheduled for Tuesday in the Turkish city of Istanbul. “In the area of information there is a lot of speculation, different versions of conspiracies and elements of one or another information game,” explained Podoljak.
The Bellingcat research team said it could confirm that three members of the delegation involved in the peace talks on the night of March 4, 2022 had shown symptoms similar to chemical weapons poisoning. A “victim” was Abramovich. According to the “WSJ” report, hardliners in Moscow wanted to prevent the peace negotiations from being successful.
Rustem Umyerow, who was mentioned as a victim in “WSJ”, wrote on Facebook early in the morning that everything was fine with him. “I’m fine. This is my answer to all the gossip that’s spreading. Please don’t trust any unverified information. We too have an information war going on.” Abramovich has also not made any public statements about a possible poison attack.
Denys Kireyev, a representative of the first Ukrainian delegation, was shot dead in unclear circumstances at the beginning of March. The first media reports said he was spying for Russia. He was later officially honored as a member of the Ukrainian military intelligence service.
Source: Nachrichten
