President Trump signs Joint Statement with UK, German and French Leaders to condemn Russia in using Nerve Agent to poison Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in southwest of London.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
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| Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal (right) and his daughter Yulia (left) |
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| Military forces work on a van in Winterslow, England, Monday, March 12, 2018, as investigations continue into the nerve-agent poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, in Salisbury, England, on Sunday March 4, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to update lawmakers Monday on the nerve-agent poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. (Frank Augstein/Associated Press) |
VietPress USA (Mar. 15, 2018): Sergei Skripal, was a
former Russian military intelligence officer but he also worked for UK so that Russia jailed him. He was exchanged with Russian agents caught in the United States and he released to settle in Salisbury, 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of London.
Recently on March 3, 2018, his daughter Yulia
Skripal got permission to visit her father and she arrived at Heathrow Airport from Russia.
On March 4, 1:40 p.m. Sergei Skripal parked his red BMW car at a lot in central Salisbury. In the afternoon, Sergei and his daughter Yulia Skripal visited the Bishops Mill pub. From 2:20 p.m.-3:35 pm, Sergei and Yulia Skripal ook their lunch at the Zizzi restaurant.
Later on March 4, at 4:15 p.m, a a passer-by called Emergency services to inform about a man and a woman
in Salisbury city center. They are transported to Salisbury District Hospital, where they remain in critical
condition.
UK Police said that two people in Salisbury are being treated for suspected exposure to an unknown
substance. The force does not identify them but BBC reported the man is
Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia just came from Russia.
On March 6 and following days, the UK Counterterrorism detectives take charge of the investigation and found that Russia uses Nereve Agent Novichok produced by USSR during Cold War to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
Ateam of 180
troops trained in chemical warfare and decontamination are deployed to
Salisbury to help with the police investigation. Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov says Moscow might be willing to assist with the investigation but
expresses resentment at suggestions the Kremlin was behind the attack.
Prime
Minister Theresa May on March 12 told the House of Commons that the Skripals were poisoned
with Novichok, a military-grade nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union
during the Cold War. She says it’s highly likely it came from Russia, and gives
Moscow until midnight March 13 to provide an explanation or face “extensive”
retaliatory measures.
Russia ignored this warning. On March 14, Theresa May
announced in the House of Commons that Russia is “culpable” of the Skripals’
attempted murder. She declared Britain will expel 23 Russian diplomats within one week, suspend
high-level contacts with Moscow and take new measures against “hostile state
activity.”
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President Donald Trump joined his UK, French, and German counterparts in a joint statement condemning Russia’s use of a nerve agent on British soil (https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/974271871897210880)
The alleged Russian attack featured the use of a highly deadly nerve agent against a Russian defector and his daughter living in the UK. The pair remain in serious condition in the hospital along with a police officer who was exposed while responding to the incident.
“This use of a military-grade nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia, constitutes the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War,” the statement declared, adding “It is an assault on UK sovereignty and any such use by a State party is a clear violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and a breach of international law. It threatens the security of us all.”
“We share the UK assessment that there is no plausible alternative explanation, and note that Russia´s failure to address the legitimate request by the UK government further underlines its responsibility,” the statement continued, speaking for the leaders of the U.S., France, and Germany.
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