Gas production site discovered in Skripal poisoning case
The British newspaper The Times, citing sources from law enforcement agencies and the government, said that British secret services have discovered the location of the secret Russian laboratory, which is believed to have produced the nerve agent that poisoned Sergey and Yulia Skripal.
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However, the publication's interlocutors emphasize that they are not 100% sure.
According to sources of The Times, experts have identified the source of the poison "with the help of scientific analysis and intelligence." The publication emphasizes that, before the incident in Salisbury, the authorities knew about the existence of this facility, where the toxic substance known in the UK as "Novichok" was produced.
"In general, at the time of the first meeting of the Cobra committee (which includes members of the government, emergency agencies and special services), we knew that the substance was of Russian origin," a government source told the newspaper.
The Times' interlocutors stressed that "they are not 100% sure, but one source insisted that it was possible to talk about the location with a high degree of certainty".