From a World Cup boycott to an (unlikely) all-out war
Relations between the UK and Russia are in free-fall in the wake of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, an act Theresa May has said Moscow was “highly likely” to be responsible for.
The prime minister gave Vladimir Putin a midnight deadline to give a “credible explanation” as to how a nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union was used to strike down a former double agent who passed secrets to British intelligence.
May’s language today suggests that the UK’s response is going to be far stronger than just kicking out a few diplomats https://t.co/geB3kIRm99
— James Forsyth (@JGForsyth) March 12, 2018
However, the Russian Embassy in the UK has said Moscow “will not respond to London’s ultimatum” until it is given access to samples of the nerve agent used in the attempted murder of the Skripals.
As the tense international standoff continues and the deadline expires the UK Government has promised to take a “robust” response.
“It is highly likely that Russia was responsible” says Theresa May following the nerve agent attack on a former spy in Salisbury and his daughter pic.twitter.com/RS6o5hevaS
— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 12, 2018
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