UK: Yulia Skripal says 'lucky to survive' poisoning

UK: Yulia Skripal says 'lucky to survive' poisoning

Daughter of ex-Russian agent says 'life has been turned upside down' since poisoning

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal

LONDON (AA) – Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned alongside her father, ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal in a nerve agent attack on British soil in March said she and her father were “very lucky” to survive the attempt on their lives.

Speaking to British media for the first time since she was discharged from Salisbury District Hospital in April after a 20-day-long coma, Skripal said she would like to return to her country “in the long term”.

“The fact that a nerve agent was used to do this is shocking,” Skripal told Reuters in an exclusive interview.

“My life has been turned upside down,” she said.

“I woke to the news that we had both been poisoned,” Skripal said, speaking from a secret London location, where she is under protection.

“We are so lucky to have both survived this attempted assassination. Our recovery has been slow and extremely painful,” she said in a written statement.

Skripal, 66, and his daughter were admitted to a hospital after being found unconscious on March 4 in Salisbury.

“Mr. Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia,” specifically from the Novichok group, British Prime Minister Theresa May said following the attack.

Sergei Skripal was discharged from the same hospital last Friday.

Nick Bailey, a local police officer who was also affected by the nerve agent while giving first aid to the Skripals, was discharged a few days after the alleged attack.

The incident has drawn comparisons to the 2006 death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko after drinking radioactive tea. Former KGB bodyguards identified as suspects in the murder denied any involvement.

Sergei Skripal was granted refuge in the U.K. following a 2010 spy exchange between the U.S. and Russia. Before the exchange, he had been serving a 13-year prison term for leaking information to the British intelligence.

Russia missed a deadline set by London to explain how a certain type of military-grade nerve agent was used in the attack.

A worldwide expulsion of 121 Russian diplomats followed the expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats from the U.K.

NATO and the EU have supported the U.K. and condemned the attack.

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