LONDON – Former Russian intelligence operative Sergei Skripal’s daughter Yulia, who was poisoned in the British city of Salisbury alongside her father, told the BBC that she does not wish to use the services offered by the Russian embassy in the United Kingdom at the moment.
“I am grateful for the offers of assistance from the Russian embassy, but at the moment I do not wish to avail myself of their services,” she said in a televised statement.
“I still find it difficult to come to terms with the fact that both of us were attacked in such a way. The fact that a nerve agent was used to do this is shocking,” she said.
“My life has been turned upside down and now I try to come to terms with the devastating changes thrust upon me, both physically and emotionally,” she said.
Skripal said that her priority is her recovery and her father’s health.
