Chelsea owner and known Vladimir Putin ally Roman Abramovich is said to be among a small group who suffered red eyes and tearing and peeling of their skin following a meeting in the Ukrainian capital aimed at finding a peace agreement.
Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators were reportedly ‘poisoned’ and left with their ‘skin peeling off’ after peace talks with Russia in Kyiv.
The group is said to have suffered red eyes and tearing and peeling of their skin.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the symptoms reportedly started after a meeting in the Ukrainian capital aimed at finding a peace agreement to bring an end to the war.
At least two senior members of the group involved in talks are said to have developed painful symptoms that mirrored the effects of a poisoning.
The suspected attack is reportedly being blamed on on hard-liners in Moscow who they said wanted to sabotage talks to end the war,.
It is thought outgoing Chelsea FC owner Abramovich and other Ukrainian negotiators’ lives are not in danger and their condition has since improved.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has also met with Mr Abramovich, but is said to be be affected, they said.
It comes after reports Abramovich gave close friend Putin a handwritten note from Ukraine’s president Zelensky, prompting a savage reply from the Russian leader.
After relaying a message to Putin about potential terms of a peace agreement, Putin reportedly told Abramovich ‘tell him I will thrash them’.
Last week, the Kremlin has confirmed outgoing Chelsea owner was involved in early peace talks following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reports the Mail Online.
The UK government has frozen Abramovich’s assets in the country due to his previous ties with Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid the war in Ukraine. The club are now operating under a special license that does prevents them negotiating new contracts with their players.