For almost exactly a year ago, on march 4, 2018, and found that the former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia on a park bench in the city of Salisbury in the south of England.
the Tests showed that they poisoned by the nervgiftet Novitjok, and both remain in hospital for one and two months respectively before they could be printed. Vladimir Uglev, one of the chemists that developed the poison in the Soviet union in the 70’s, told DN that they probably will never be completely healthy.
they come in contact with nervgiftet was initially unclear, and extensive measures were taken in order to avoid that more would become contaminated. Despite the fact that they wore protective clothing fell ill, however, one of the policemen who were first on the scene in the Skripals housing, and almost five months later, was a man and a woman to hospital with similar symptoms.
These fell ill in the town of Amesbury, a few miles from Salisbury, after having found a perfume bottle containing nervgiftet. The woman, 44-year-old Dawn Sturgess, died of poisoning on 8 July.
may be fatal, which is why a saneringsinsats unprecedented in the Uk began. Nine locations in the Salisbury and three locations in Amesbury, has been cleaned in the past year, especially with the help of the military.
“The courage required of our young men and women in the military to go into the contaminated areas again and again, I think, is phenomenal,” says Ty Urch, director of the military’s activities within the Uk’s borders, to Sky News.
Hundreds of military officers have in total worked about 13,000 hours in protective suits and collected around 5,000 samples. Careful inspection has also been made in a handful of other sites in Salisbury and Amesbury, and now informs the authorities that the area is deemed safe.
“It will be a huge relief for very many people,” says Ty Urch to Sky News.
was Skripals house, which also passed the most comprehensive clean-up. The government has stated that it is now in talks with property owners to restore the home to livable condition. According to sources at Sky News, the house will not be an Airbnb or tourist attraction, but will become a regular home.
Sergei Skripal was a Russian spy who worked as a double agent for the united kingdom. He was convicted in 2004 for treason in Russia but settled later in Salisbury, after having been moved in a spionutbytesprogram.
Although the investigation is still ongoing, the Uk was quick to accuse Russia for giftattacken, which has denied involvement.
