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UK sanctions Russian labs and people over chemical weapons used on Navalny and Skripal
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- The UK imposed sanctions on nine Russian individuals and entities linked to the development of chemical weapons used to poison opposition leader Alexei Navalny and attack former spy Sergei Skripal in 2018.
- Sanctions target seven people and two Russian scientific institutes involved in producing the epibatidine toxin and Novichok nerve agent used in these attacks.
- British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper condemned Russia’s use of chemical weapons as a violation of international law and a threat to global security.
- The UK defense ministry released images of F-35 jets intercepting a Russian Bear-F aircraft that flew dangerously close to the British carrier HMS Prince of Wales in the Norwegian Sea during NATO Arctic operations.
- The ministry described the Russian aircraft’s actions as unsafe and unprofessional, noting it dropped sonobuoys near the carrier before being escorted away by UK jets.
