Novichok attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury

Former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent applied to the door handle of his Salisbury home on 4 March 2018. Both survived after critical illness; police officer Nick Bailey was also seriously poisoned.

Established by. UK prosecutors charged GRU officers 'Alexander Petrov' (Alexander Mishkin) and 'Ruslan Boshirov' (Anatoliy Chepiga) in September 2018 and 'Sergey Fedotov' (Denis Sergeev) in September 2021; the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry report (4 December 2025) found the attack was a GRU operation authorised by President Putin.

Latest. The three charged GRU officers remain in Russia and have not been tried; on 4 December 2025 the UK sanctioned the GRU in its entirety and summoned the Russian ambassador.