OPCW confirms the obvious: the Skripals are confirmed to have been poisoned by a chemical agent of Russian origin, backing British claims.
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The international chemical weapons watchdog has confirmed the UK's analysis of the type of nerve agent used in the Russian ex-spy poisoning.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons did not name the nerve agent as Novichok, but said it agreed with the UK's findings on its identity.
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