UK Sanctions Russian Chemical Labs and Scientists as F-35 Jets Intercept Bear-F Near Carrier

The United Kingdom imposes sanctions on seven Russian scientists and two state research institutes accused of developing the Novichok nerve agent and the rare epibatidine toxin used in the 2018 Skripal attack and the 2024 poisoning of Alexei Navalny.Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper condemns the repeated use of chemical weapons as a breach of international law and says the sanctions come ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara as Britain stresses its stance on the war in Ukraine after sanctioning more than 3,400 people and organisations.The Ministry of Defence releases images showing F-35 jets intercepting a Russian Bear-F maritime patrol aircraft that dropped sonobuoys near the HMS Prince of Wales carrier strike group in the Norwegian Sea, which the United Kingdom calls unsafe and unprofessional.