Fact check
Is it true: Skripal Salisbury novichok attack (Mar 2018)?
Yes — this is confirmed.
OPCW confirmed novichok A-234. UK identified GRU Unit 29155 operatives Chepiga ('Boshirov') and Mishkin ('Petrov'), corroborated by Bellingcat. Third operative Denis Sergeev ('Fedotov') identified as handler. Dawn Sturgess died 8 Jul 2018 from secondary exposure to discarded perfume-bottle delivery mechanism. Russia denied involvement; suspects gave implausible cathedral-tourist cover story on RT.
The claim
Former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England on 4 March 2018. Both survived. Dawn Sturgess died on 8 July 2018 after her partn
Key evidence
OPCW independently confirmed novichok A-234
Russia denied involvement and described inquiry as politicised
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