A Russian general was poisoned by a letter laced with an unknown toxin, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said in a Telegram post on Monday.

Kadyrov, who is also a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said his top general in Ukraine has been poisoned after handling a letter that was sent to him on February 8.

Apti Alaudinov, who commands the Akhmat special forces, picked up a letter that was “saturated with a poisonous substance,” Kadyrov said.

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The general “sensed this by the bitter, specific smell and took action in time: he treated his hands and washed his nasal cavity,” Kadyrov added.

The Chechen leader said that Alaudinov and other personnel who came into contact with the envelope sought immediate medical assistance in a Moscow clinic and are now “on the mend.”

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