Saldo spoke about the attempted poisoning with military poison

The poisonous substance was added to Saldo's food by "a person whom he trusted," said the acting governor of Kherson.In August, Saldo was hospitalized and returned to duty only in mid-SeptemberVladimir Saldo

Acting Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo was poisoned last August by adding a chemical warfare agent to food. He spoke about this on the air of Channel One.

“I was in absolutely normal physical shape. I remember only one thing - I got up and said: "Something is wrong with me." And that’s all, ”said Saldo ( quoted by RIA Novosti). According to him, he woke up after 15 days.

“The answer to who did this was found - a person was bought for a lot of money . A [person] whom I trusted. it was precisely a chemical warfare agent that acted instantly,” the HEAD of the region added.

Balance was hospitalized in early August, a message about this appeared on his TELEGRAM channel. It said that Saldo was doing well, and that his condition had worsened due to "complications" from suffering covid-19 . Baza wrote that at first the head of the Kherson region was taken to a hospital in Crimea, but after his condition worsened, he was connected to a ventilator and put into a coma, and a council of doctors decided to send him to Moscow on a special plane.

On August 20, a message appeared on Saldo's telegram channel that he was on the mend and began to communicate with friends and colleagues. On the same day, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that "an additional investigation is underway into the poisoning of the head of the interim administration of the Kherson region, Saldo, with chemical warfare agents." He returned to the leadership of the Kherson region on September 19.