2018 nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal | U.K. police charge third Russian

Police previously charged two other Russian military intelligence agents, known by their aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, saying they travelled to the U.K. for the poisoning operation then flew back to Moscow.

British police said on Tuesday they are charging a third Russian suspect in the 2018 nerve agent attack on a former Russian agent in England.

Scotland Yard said prosecutors believe there is sufficient evidence to charge Denis Sergeev, who went by the alias “Sergey Fedotov,” with conspiracy to murder, attempted murder, possessing and using a chemical weapon, and causing grievous bodily harm.

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were targetted in a nerve agent attack in March 2018 in the English city of Salisbury that British authorities said had almost certainly been approved “at a senior level of the Russian state.” Moscow has vehemently denied the allegations.