A long-awaiting report into the shocking and deadly novichok poisonings from 2018 has finally been published – and it lays the blame squarely at Vladimir Putin’s feet.

After an £8.3 million inquiry, here’s what you need to know.

What happened in 2018?

A former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were hospitalised after coming into contact with a nerve agent at their home in Salisbury.

The ex-spook had been settled in a suburban cul-de-sac after a previous spy exchange.

While the Skripals survived their near-death encounter, Russian agents inadvertently poisoned more people by casually disposing of the novichok nerve agent, which was stored in a fake perfume bottle.

An unconnected individual, Dawn Sturgess, later died after spraying the same substance over herself whi

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