U.K. Lab Says It Doesn't Know Nerve Agent's 'Precise Source,' Drawing Russian Retort
The lab's chief added that it only sought to test the chemical used on Sergei Skripal and his daughter, not decide its source. Still, Russia called the remark proof the U.K. is fabricating its claims.
Scientists at a U.K. government laboratory have not verified the source of the substance used to poison Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, according to the lab's chief executive.
"We were able to identify it as novichok, to identify that it was a military-grade nerve agent. We have not verified the precise source," Gary Aitkenhead of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory on Tuesday. "But we provided the scientific information to
