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UK Prime Minister Theresa May says the Russian state is guilty in the nerve agent attack in Salisbury on former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia and is expelling 23 diplomats.
"Either this was a direct act by the Russian state against our country, or conceivably the Russian government could have lost control of a military grade nerve agent"
British officials believe former spy Sergei Skripal was poisoned when he touched the handle of his car door.
"This will be the single biggest expulsion for over 30 years and it will reflect the fact that this is not the first time the Russian state has acted against our country."
PM May says Russia's response has been filled with "sarcasm, contempt and defiance" as well as "complete disdain for the gravity of these events" and the country has offered no explanation for the Russian-made novichok nerve agent used in the attack.
"All who been identified as undeclared intelligence officers. They have just one week to leave."
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