Daily Mirror

Massive breakthrou­gh in Russia link

- BY CHRIS HUGHES Defence and Security Editor

THIS is a massive breakthrou­gh. It is highly likely tests will link the latest poisonings with the attempt to kill Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

The size of the bottle may reveal a great deal about the potency of the Novichok and help point the finger at Russia. It is unimaginab­le they would dispatch it in a container with Russian markings. But MI5 will conduct an “audit trail” to find out where the container is likely to have come from.

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