Yulia Skripal has said she feels lucky to have survived the nerve agent attack in Salisbury which left her fighting for life. Ms Skripal, who was poisoned along with her ex-spy father Sergei, said her life had been “turned upside down” by the assassination attempt. But the Russian national added she hoped to return to her homeland one day, despite the Kremlin being blamed for the attack. Read more Poisoned former Russian spy could be relocated abroad The pair were found unconscious on a bench in the Wiltshire city on 4 March. Ms Skripal, 33, was in a coma for 20 days following the attack and has been living under police protection at a secret location since her release from hospital last month. “I woke to the news that we had both been poisoned,” she said in a signed statement written in both English and Russian. “I still find it difficult to come to terms with the fact that both of us were attacked,” she added. “We are so lucky to have both survived this attempted assassination. “Our recovery has been slow and extremely painful. I don’t want to describe the details but the clinical treatment was invasive, painful and depressing. “I was discharged from… Read full this story
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