英国间谍头目声称,俄罗斯2018年对Skripal发动的Novichok攻击很可能是普京下令的。 UK spy chief claims Russia's 2018 Novichok attack on Skripal was likely ordered by Putin.
联合王国情报主管乔纳森·艾伦(Jonathan Allen)作证说,俄罗斯2018年针对前间谍谢尔盖·斯克里普尔(Sergei Skripal)的Salisbury中毒事件很可能得到普京总统的批准,以便警告叛徒。 The UK's intelligence chief, Jonathan Allen, testified that Russia's 2018 Salisbury poisonings, targeting ex-spy Sergei Skripal, were likely approved by President Putin to warn against traitors. 使用Novichok这个神经毒剂的袭击, 英国认为只有俄罗斯国家才能实施, 因为武器的复杂性。 The attack used Novichok, a nerve agent, and the UK believes only the Russian state could have carried it out due to the weapon's complexity. 英国说,俄国被迅速归咎的罪魁祸首所吓倒,任由他们 " 背着脚"。 The UK says Russia was caught off guard by the swift attribution of blame, leaving them "on the back foot."