
The life of the former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal is out of danger, the BBC reports citing hospitals in Salisbury. According to them, the state of the Skripal is rapidly improving, the treatment prescribed to him gives good results.
More than a week ago, Julia Skripal came to, poisoned with his father by a neuro-paralytic substance on March 4. Both fell into a coma and were in critical condition for a long time.
On the eve of Julia Skripal abandoned the consular assistance of Russia. As emphasized in the statement of the British Foreign Ministry, the proposal of the Russian embassy was transferred to her, but she did not accept it. On Thursday, Russian ambassador to London Alexander Yakovenko complained at a press conference that the Russian side wanted to access Julia Skripal, but did not receive a response to her request.
On the same day, Scotland Yard distributed a statement by Julia Skripal . "I woke up more than a week ago and now I am glad to report that the forces arrive every day," the statement said. The 33-year-old Skripal thanks the inhabitants of Salisbury for first aid provided to her and his father. She also thanks the doctors and everyone who sent her good wishes.
"I am sure that you understand that what happened to me can be confused by anyone. And I hope that while I am recovering, you will respect the inviolability of private life - my and my family," the statement of Julia Skripal said. Her father, former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal, still has not left the coma.
The British authorities claim that the father and daughter were exposed to the nerve-paralytic matter "Novice", produced in the military laboratory in Shikhany, the Saratov region.