International experts have confirmed the UK version of the substance that poisoned the Skripals

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has confirmed the British version regarding the substance that poisoned former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. This is stated in the published open part of the OPCW report.

The OPCW report noted that it confirmed "the UK's findings relating to the identification of the chemical toxin that was used in Salisbury." It is noted that the substance used was of high quality.

At the same time, the document does not give the name of the substance, but British Prime Minister Theresa May previously claimed that the Skripals were poisoned with a substance of the Novichok class. More detailed information about the substance is presented in the classified part of the OPCW report.

The head of the British Foreign Office, Boris Johnson, commenting on the organization’s findings, considered that now “there can be no doubt about what was used, and there is no alternative explanation for who is responsible - only Russia has motives and data.”

According to the Times , British intelligence agencies believe they have identified a laboratory near Saratov where the substance used to poison the Skripals was produced. Russian authorities deny any involvement in the poisoning of the former GRU officer.

After the Skripals were poisoned, 28 Western countries expelled 150 Russian diplomats, and Russia announced a similar response.