British police said on September 21 a third Russian had been charged in absentia with the 2018 Novichok murder attempt on former double agent Sergei Skripal, saying they could also now confirm the three suspects were military intelligence operatives.
Reuters: UK charges another Russian for nerve attack on double agent
A picture taken on Fisherton Road in Salisbury, U.K. on March 4, 2018 and released by the British Metropolitan Police Service on Sept. 5, 2018, shows two GRU agents wanted in connection with the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.