Overview
- The government summoned Russia’s ambassador in London following publication of the inquiry’s final report into the 2018 Salisbury poisonings.
- The inquiry concluded the operation against former GRU officer Sergei Skripal “must have been authorized at the highest levels” and held Putin morally responsible for Sturgess’s death.
- Investigators named Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov as the main GRU suspects in the attempted assassination of Skripal, which also sickened his daughter Yulia.
- The UK sanctioned the GRU in its entirety and listed additional officers, including cyber operatives linked to targeting Yulia Skripal with the X‑agent malware and to alleged hostile actions in Ukraine and across Europe.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the Kremlin’s disregard for innocent lives, while Moscow rejected the findings as false and denounced the new UK sanctions.