Mil News It was Nerve Agent

[Black Pawn]

The picture you posted may be funny to you, but people were seriously injured in this event regardless of who is responsible. We don't find amusement in these circumstances. post removed

Thanks. We have a bit different sense of humour, but I've got fun not from the injured persons (if they really were injured), but from the Russophobic hysteria, started by British government. And yes, support of Putin by Russian citizens in UK was increased from near 23% in 2012 to 50% in 2018.

BTW, police said that it is very difficult investigation and it will take many monthes.
http://news.met.police.uk/news/salisbury-investigation-continues-299163

The complex investigation into the attempted murders of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal continues.

This is one of the largest and most complex investigations undertaken by British counter terrorism policing and we thank the public for their continued support.

The investigation is highly like to take many months and, where it is operationally possible, updates will be issued to the media. Locally, updates are being provided to the community of Salisbury by Wiltshire Police.

Searches are ongoing in the Salisbury area and at this stage it is not possible to put a timescale on how long these may take to conclude. Specialist search officers wearing protective equipment continue to carry out a meticulous, systematic search for evidence to support the investigation.

That search is being carried out based on expert scientific advice to assist detectives in understanding the specific locations that are of most relevance to their lines of enquiry.

Areas searched to date include large open spaces, commercial and residential properties and vehicles.

The full range of relevant tests are being carried out and, as reported, this includes support from international partners.

This is an extremely challenging investigation and police and partners continue to manage a number of unique and difficult issues.

Around 250 counter terrorism detectives continue to work round the clock, supported by a full range of experts and partners.

The response from the public has been of huge use to the investigation in terms of witness statements and material provided to the investigation website.

Officers continue to trawl through 4,000 hours of CCTV and examine nearly 800 exhibits that have been seized. Around 400 witness statements have been taken and many more will follow in the coming days and weeks.

Despite the complexity of this investigation and the unique challenges, as with all investigations, police have a duty to balance the release of information into the public domain as part of that process with protecting the integrity of our work and planning for any potential legal proceedings.

Anyone who can assist the investigation is asked to call police on 101.

 

[Bombardier]

Thanks. We have a bit different sense of humour, but I've got fun not from the injured persons (if they really were injured), but from the Russophobic hysteria, started by British government. And yes, support of Putin by Russian citizens in UK was increased from near 23% in 2012 to 50% in 2018.

I guess so and although I personally understood that you likely were not laughing at the injured, some viewers may take offence to the image, especially if they are linked in some way to the injured parties. Your comment "If they really were injured" seems strange however I can assure you that the Police officer Nick Bailey most definately was and I have no reason to doubt that Sergei Skripal & his daughter were also.

 

[Black Pawn]

I guess so and although I personally understood that you likely were not laughing at the injured, some viewers may take offence to the image, especially if they are linked in some way to the injured parties. Your comment "If they really were injured" seems strange however I can assure you that the Police officer Nick Bailey most definately was and I have no reason to doubt that Sergei Skripal & his daughter were also.

Nothing offencive, but all what we have is a words of British government, that are compromised by their previouse unproved statements. BTW, they don't allow to visit Russian citizen Yulia Skripal by Russian council (that is also violation of international treaties, or at least unfriendly action) and don't give actual information about their health or even photo and video evidences of their existance in the hospital. What does they try to hide?
I'll not surprised if there will be info, that they was kidnapped and imprisoned and all this scandal is just a jamming.

 

[Black Pawn]

Another reason why I very doubt in the version of poisoning with the chemical weapon: if there are not full, 100% persuasion in the amount of the Chemical Weapon delivered in the country - all cops, and all other specialist should be alerted, charged and forced to search another portions of CW in the paranoid mode.
By another words - imagine, that I'm evil radical muslim terrorist Rulon Oboev. I had steal full barrel of Novichok in Uzbekistan and had delivered it in the UK. Attack in Salisbury was just a demonstration. If UK government will not pay 100M$ to the Ichkerian Vilayat - I'll attack Londons undeground in the peak hours.
Who are searching me?

 

[AAR Galileo]

An article from a Russian source about the nerve agent used in UK.

The Bell was able to find and speak with Vladimir Uglev, one of the scientists who was involved in developing the nerve agent referred to as “Novichok”. According to British authorities, a nerve agent from the “Novichok” series was used to poison former Rusian intelligence agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia. Vladimir Uglev, formerly a scientist with Volsk branch of GOSNIIOKHT (“State Scientific-Research Institute for Organic Chemistry and Technology”), which developed and tested production of new lethal substances since 1972, spoke for the first time about his work as early as the 1990s. He left the institute in 1994 and is now retired.

https://thebell.io/en/the-scientist...-doses-ranged-from-20-grams-to-several-kilos/

 

[Black Pawn]

https://www.rusemb.org.uk/news/8928

24.03.2018
Embassy Press Officer responds to a media question regarding MoD Porton Down secret laboratory activity


Q: How would you comment on the statement by the head of MoD secret laboratory at Porton Down, Gary Aitkenhead, who said that “we would not be allowed to operate if we had lack of control that could result in anything leaving the four walls of our facility”? Doesn’t that mean that there is something that potentially could escape the “four walls”?

A: Indeed, we have noted that statement by the lab’s chief executive. This amounts to admitting that the secret facility is a place where new components of military-grade poisons are being researched and developed. Most notably, Mr Aitkenhead did not deny the existence of chemical weapons stocks. Apparently, they include the A-234 agent that, according to official British statements, was used to poison the Skripals and Sgt Bailey.

By the way, on 19 March Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson also hinted at those stocks in his interview to Deutsche Welle’s Zhanna Nemtsova.

These statements leave us with no choice but to reiterate our demand for full information on the Salisbury poisoning investigation to be provided and for the Porton Down military poisons programme to be fully disclosed.
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https://www.opcw.org/chemical-weapons-convention
From Article X:

8. Each State Party has the right to request and, subject to the procedures set forth in paragraphs 9, 10 and 11, to receive assistance and protection against the use or threat of use of chemical weapons if it considers that:

(a) Chemical weapons have been used against it;

(b) Riot control agents have been used against it as a method of warfare; or

(c) It is threatened by actions or activities of any State that are prohibited for States Parties by Article I.

9. The request, substantiated by relevant information, shall be submitted to the Director-General, who shall transmit it immediately to theExecutive Council and to all States Parties. The Director-General shall immediately forward the request to States Parties which have volunteered, in accordance with paragraphs 7 (b) and (c), to dispatch emergency assistance in case of use of chemical weapons or use of riot control agents as a method of warfare, or humanitarian assistance in case of serious threat of use of chemical weapons or serious threat of use of riot control agents as a method of warfare to the State Party concerned not later than 12 hours after receipt of the request. The Director-General shall initiate, not later than 24 hours after receipt of the request, an investigation in order to provide foundation for further action. He shall complete the investigation within 72 hours and forward a report to the Executive Council. If additional time is required for completion of the investigation, an interim report shall be submitted within the same time-frame. The additional time required for investigation shall not exceed 72 hours. It may, however, be further extended by similar periods. Reports at the end of each additional period shall be submitted to the Executive Council. The investigation shall, as appropriate and in conformity with the request and the information accompanying the request, establish relevant facts related to the request as well as the type and scope of supplementary assistance and protection needed.

10. The Executive Council shall meet not later than 24 hours after receiving an investigation report to consider the situation and shall take a decision by simple majority within the following 24 hours on whether to instruct the Technical Secretariat to provide supplementary assistance. The Technical Secretariat shall immediately transmit to all States Parties and relevant international organizations the investigation report and the decision taken by the Executive Council. When so decided by the Executive Council, the Director-General shall provide assistance immediately. For this purpose, the Director-General may cooperate with the requesting State Party, other States Parties and relevant international organizations. The States Parties shall make the fullest possible efforts to provide assistance.

11. If the information available from the ongoing investigation or other reliable sources would give sufficient proof that there are victims of use of chemical weapons and immediate action is indispensable, the Director-General shall notify all States Parties and shall take emergency measures of assistance, using the resources the Conference has placed at his disposal for such contingencies. The Director-General shall keep the Executive Council informed of actions undertaken pursuant to this paragraph.

 

[BravoZulu]

Yulia Skripal is "improving rapidly" and no longer in a critical condition, four weeks after the Salisbury poisoning, the hospital has said.

The daughter of ex-spy Sergei Skripal was admitted after they came into contact with a nerve agent. on 4 March.

"She has responded well to treatment but continues to receive expert clinical care 24 hours a day," the hospital said.

Mr Skripal remains in a critical but stable condition.

"I want to take this opportunity to once again thank the staff of Salisbury District Hospital for delivering such high quality care to these patients over the last few weeks," said Dr Christine Blanshard, Medical Director for Salisbury District Hospital.

"I am very proud both of our front-line staff and all those who support them."

The Skripals were admitted to hospital after being found collapsed on a bench at the Maltings shopping centre in Salisbury.

Police have been treating the case as attempted murder.

On Wednesday, police said the Skripals first came into contact with the nerve agent at his home in Salisbury.

Forensic tests show the highest concentration was found on the front door.

The nerve agent was found at other locations in the town but in lower concentrations, the Metropolitan Police said.

A police officer who fell seriously ill after responding to the attack - Det Sgt Nick Bailey - was treated in hospital but was discharged on 22 March.

DS Bailey, who is believed to have visited Mr Skripal's house after the incident has spoken of his ordeal, saying: "Normal life for me will probably never be the same."

The British government has accused the Russian state of involvement in the attack - a claim Moscow has denied.

Prime Minister Theresa May said the chemical used had been identified as being part of a group of nerve agents developed by Russia known as Novichok.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43588450

 

[rtomedic]

British Left to Defend Poison Allegations After Missteps
Sixty U.S. diplomats expelled by the Kremlin in the escalating dispute over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain were seen leaving the U.S. embassy in Moscow Thursday.

Their departure from the Russian capital came as British ministers faced awkward questions about whether they had blundered by over-stating their case blaming Russia for the nerve agent attack that left Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in critical condition.

Yulia Skripal's health has been improving, and on Thursday, she said in a statement issued by police that her strength is growing daily. The younger Skripal also said she is grateful for the interest in her and the many messages of goodwill she has received. She also said the entire episode has been "somewhat disorienting" and appealed for privacy during her convalescence.

The British government has been forced to defend its allegations against Russia following a mid-week television interview with a top British defense scientist, who said he and his colleagues at Porton Down, Britain's defense research laboratory, had not established that the nerve agent in question had been made in Russia. ...more https://www.globalsecurity.org/inte...405-voa02.htm?_m=3n.002a.2258.ph0ao0037n.22v5