Putin Ordered Salisbury Poison Attack, UK Govt Says

Vladimir Putin is accused of personally ordering the Salisbury Novichok poisonings in 2018, which left former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter critically ill but recovering, and resulted in the death of Dawn Sturgess. Skripal believes Putin approved the attack, though lacking concrete evidence, while a senior UK official suggests Putin authorized the operation based on current assessments. Three alleged GRU military intelligence officers have been charged in absentia for the Skripal attack, with no formal case for Sturgess’s death, prompting calls for Putin to face the evidence against him.

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