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Britain and Allies Condemn Russia over Nerve Agent Used to Poison Spy

HeadlineMar 15, 2018

At the United Nations, Britain and its allies condemned Russia Wednesday over its alleged poisoning of Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury last week. British Ambassador to the United Nations Julian Braithwaite told the U.N.’s Human Rights Council that a Russian military-grade nerve agent was to blame and that the Russian state was almost certainly behind the attack. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley blasted Russia, telling the Security Council that one member may have used chemical weapons on the sovereign soil of another member. Her comments came as President Trump has been reluctant to blame Russia for the alleged poisoning. Russia has denied it was behind the attack, calling the charges a “fairy tale.”

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