Photographs showing Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Borishov, two men accused of poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal. |
- The UK is charging two Russian men identified as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov over the poisoning of a former Russian spy this March.
- Prime Minister Theresa May said the two men are officers from Russia's intelligence services, also known as the GRU.
- She said that authorisation for the attack "almost certainly" came from the senior levels of the Russian government.
- Sergei Skripal, the former spy, and his daughter collapsed in Salisbury after being exposed to novichok, a military-grade nerve agent developed in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
- Police released a detailed description of the suspects' whereabouts in the runup to the attack, which suggest that the men were in the UK for three days to carry it out.
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