首相： 神經毒劑襲擊案“很可能”是俄羅斯所爲

British Prime Minister Theresa May says the government has concluded it is "highly likely" that Russia was responsible for the poisoning earlier this month of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia.

Speaking to the House of Commons Monday, Prime Minister May also said the nerve agent used in the attack in southwest England was a military-grade substance developed by Russia.

May said: "Either this was a direct act by the Russian state against our country, or the Russian government lost control of its potentially catastrophically damaging nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of others. This afternoon, my right honorable friend, the foreign secretary, has summoned the Russian ambassador to the Foreign and Commonwealth office and asked him, asked him to explain which of these two possibilities it is.

"Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, we will consider in detail the response from the Russian state. Should there be no credible response, we will conclude that this action amounts to an unlawful use of force by the Russia state against the United Kingdom. And I will come back to this house and set out the full range of measures that we would take in response."

Russia's Foreign Ministry called May's statement a "circus show" and "provocation," according to Russian news agencies.英國首相特蕾莎·梅12日說，英國政府認定本月初發生的前俄羅斯間諜謝爾蓋· 斯科利帕和他女兒被神經毒劑襲擊事件“很可能”是俄羅斯所爲。

特蕾莎·梅在議會下院講話時還說，這次事件中使用的神經毒劑是俄羅斯研發的軍事級別的毒劑。

她說：“這起事件或者是俄羅斯政府對我們國家的直接行爲，或者俄羅斯對於這種可能造成遭難後果的毒劑失去了控制，而導致它落入其他人手中。今天下午，我們的外交大臣召見了俄羅斯大使，要求他解釋是哪一種可能。”

特蕾莎·梅表示，“到星期三，英國政府將根據俄羅斯的迴應來考慮下一步行動。” 她說：“如果沒有得到可信的回答，我們會認爲這一行動是俄羅斯對英國非法使用武力。接下來，我會回到下院考慮完整的迴應措施。”

俄羅斯媒體報道說，俄羅斯外交部稱英國首相特蕾莎·梅的發言是“鬧劇“和“挑釁”