Daughter Of Ex-Russian Spy 'Improving Rapidly,' U.K. Health Officials Say
Colin Dwyer Twitter
Yulia Skripal, seen in an image taken from her Facebook account earlier this month. The 33-year-old daughter of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal is "improving rapidly," according to hospital officials. Yulia Skripal/Facebook via AP hide caption
toggle caption
Yulia Skripal/Facebook via AP
More than three weeks after Yulia Skripal was first exposed to a suspected nerve agent, the daughter of a former Russian spy is "improving rapidly and is no longer in a critical condition," U.K. health authorities have announced. The Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust says that "her condition is now stable."
Her father, Sergei, who was poisoned alongside her, is still in critical but stable condition.
Since father and daughter were found slumped on a shopping center bench, the sudden, serious illness afflicting them has taken its place at the heart of an ongoing international dispute. U.K. officials believe Russia is behind the attack, which they say deployed high concentrations of a military-grade chemical weapon known as Novichok.
Read more at: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/29/597937016/daughter-of-ex-russian-spy-improving-rapidly-u-k-health-officials-say
Again, I think she looks a lot like Sally Fields around that age.
