UK asks UN and EU for further Russian sanctions

The UK, US, France, Germany and Canada issued a joint statement today saying that they had full confidence in the UK’s assessment that the Salisbury chemical weapons attack was carried out by Russian military intelligence and approved at a senior government level. The statement was issued just before a UN Security Council meeting at which the UK is expected to put the case for further sanctions against Russia. Theresa May has also said she will “push for new EU sanctions regimes against those responsible for cyber attacks and gross human rights violations”. Russia has denied involvement in the attack.