Russian Officer Targeted in Sophisticated Ukrainian Intelligence Poisoning Plot Using AI-Generated Romance Scheme

Nov 22, 2025 02:20 am CST

Russia's Federal Security Service claims to have foiled an elaborate assassination attempt where Ukrainian intelligence allegedly used an AI-generated online romance to lure a high-ranking Russian defense official into accepting poisoned beer containing VX nerve agent. The sophisticated plot involved months of digital relationship-building before arranging the deadly gift delivery, which was intercepted before consumption.