Roman Abramovich, the Russian owner of Chelsea Football Club, and two Ukrainian officials suffered poisoning symptoms in Kyiv in early March after peace talks with Russia, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Abramovich’s eyesight “completely disappeared” for several hours while a member of the Ukrainian delegation, the parliamentarian Rustem Umerov, partially lost his eyesight, two of the people said.
“People became totally blind?.?.?.?the next day,” said a person close to Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president. “We did not identify the substance. No idea who was behind [the attack] — but it looks like Roman was the main target.”