A third Russian military intelligence officer who carried out a reconnaissance mission before the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter has been identified by British counterterrorism police and the security services, The Telegraph newspaper reported on September 27.
RFE/RL: Third Russian agent involved in Skripal mission identified
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 10, 2018 Members of the emergency services in protective coveralls and breathing equiptment cover ambulances with tarpaulins at the Salisbury District Hospital in Salisbury, southern England, on March 10, 2018, in connection with the major incident sparked after a man and a woman were apparently poisoned in a nerve agent attack.The world's chemical arms watchdog on April 12, 2018 confirmed Britain's findings that a nerve agent used in an attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in England last month originally came from Russia. Blood samples tested by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) "confirm the findings of the United Kingdom relating to the identity of the toxic chemical," according to a summary of the Hague-based group's report released in London.
