Russia rejects UK's 'unacceptable' Kremlin claim

The United Kingdom will seek to intensify diplomatic pressure on the Kremlin after naming two Russian military intelligence officers it said were ordered to carry out the Novichok poisoning attack in Salisbury.

Britain's Security Minister Ben Wallace has said that the Russian President Vladimir Putin is "ultimately responsible" for the deadly Salisbury nerve agent attack as a result of his firm grip on the Russian state.

On Thursday, UK officials laid out the case against Moscow in a meeting with the UN Security Council, of which Russia is a member.