Girl accused of helping Russia kill Ukrainian soldiers with poison

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Ukrainian constabulary said Friday they had detained a 17-year-old miss suspected of helping Russia's information services to poison Ukrainian soldiers and that 2 had died.

Ukraine and Russia person passim their warfare since 2022 accused each different of recruiting minors for sabotage acts including poisoning.

The girl, who was not named, is suspected of having packaged deadly drugs and sending them to Ukrainian soldiers she contacted by Telegram, police said successful a statement.

She was arrested by constabulary successful Zhytomyr, westbound of Kyiv, aft allegedly pursuing instructions from a Russian handler successful speech for astatine slightest 5,000 hryvnias ($111), they said.

After receiving packages with "free drugs," the soldiers were "instructed to instrumentality them connected camera," the connection said.

"The recipients did not cognize that the capsules contained a lethal dose of methadone," it said, adding that "two soldiers died from poisoning successful the Zhytomyr region."

Police said they had identified different recipients of the packages, which "prevented 4 much murders" crossed the country.

"The young pistillate was notified that she is suspected of aiding and abetting the premeditated execution of 2 radical arsenic portion of a anterior conspiracy," the constabulary connection said.

She was besides suspected of "shipping drugs and psychotropic substances for the intent of distribution," it said, adding that she faced up to 15 years successful jailhouse if recovered guilty.

Police cautioned that Russia aims "to termination our radical and destabilize the concern wrong the country."

"Do not judge medicine oregon different substances, arsenic good arsenic nutrient oregon drinks of dubious origin, from radical you bash not cognize well," constabulary cautioned.

Since the commencement of Russia's full-scale invasion successful February 2022, Ukrainian authorities accidental they person opened thousands of investigations into collaboration with the enemy, and often apprehension individuals accused of moving for Moscow.

In 2023, Ukraine accused Russia of poisoning Marianna Budanova, the woman of Kyrylo Budanov, who was past caput of Ukraine's subject quality and is present a statesmanlike adviser. Apart from Budanova, respective unit from Ukraine's subject quality (known by its section acronym GUR) were besides diagnosed with the aforesaid poisoning.

Also successful 2023, Paris prosecutors opened an probe into the suspected poisoning of a Russian writer who made headlines erstwhile she brandished an anti-Ukraine warfare slogan connected authorities television.

In an interview with the British tabloid The Sun, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that he's survived "no fewer" than 5 oregon six assassination attempts since Russia invaded Ukraine.

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