Accordingly Theresa May said the diplomats, who have a week to leave, were identified as "undeclared intelligence officers". Meanwhile the UK later told the UN Security Council that Russia had used "a weapon so horrific that it is banned in war" in a "peaceful" British city.
Sources stated that Russia denies attempted murder and says it will respond appropriately. Meanwhile Mrs. May also revoked an invitation to Russia's foreign minister, and said the Royal Family would not attend the Fifa World Cup in Russia later this year. Moreover Mrs. May told MPs that Russia had provided "no explanation" as to how the nerve agent came to be used in the UK, describing Moscow's response as one of "sarcasm, contempt and defiance".
Further when
addressing the UN Security Council, Britain's deputy UN ambassador, Jonathan
Allen, and accused Russia of breaking its obligations under the Convention on
the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Furthermore in response the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vasily
Nebenzya, denied Moscow's involvement in the attack and demanded "material
proof" from Britain to support its charge.
