The daughter of an ex-Russian snoop poisoned in Salisbury has said she is “lucky to be alive” after the attack.
Yulia Skripal and her parent, Sergei, were exposed to nerve agent Novichok in the city on 4 March.
In her first filmed public statement since the attack, Ms Skripal told Reuters that her life had been “turned upside down” but she hoped to return to Russia in the future.
Her father was discharged from hospital earlier this month.
Ms Skripal expend six weeks in Salisbury District Hospital, and was discharged after doctors there said she had responded “exceptionally well” to treatment.
Speaking to the news agency, she said she was continuing “to progress with treatment” and her focus remains on her recovery.
“After 20 days in a coma, I woke to the news that we may have been poisoned. I still find it difficult to come to terms with the fact that both of us were attacked in a such a way.”
Ms Skripal thanked the Russian embassy for its offer of assistance. But she said she and her father were “not ready to take it”.
