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Skripal didn't die, and his daughter also didn't die.

• meowface 8y ago
  No, but they intended him to die.
  • BurnGpuBurn 8y ago
    Not sure about intentions, but I consider it largely established that they were poisoned.
    • meowface 8y ago
      Considering the poison is extremely deadly, that other uninvolved UK citizens died and were injured as a result of exposure, that the poisoning was almost definitely ordered or approved by Putin, and that Putin and other government officials have spoken at length about killing traitors no matter where they go, it seems very likely they intended to kill him but failed. Just making him "really sick" doesn't make much sense, I think. Especially when you consider someone unrelated did die after being exposed.
      • BurnGpuBurn 8y ago
        Sure, somebody did something with a poison to get a couple of people sick and dead, for sure. Maybe the intention was to instill fear? To me that is just as plausible as a murder attempt. Also, you'd think that the Russian secret service is not as amateurish as to screw up a job that should be pretty easy for them. And, well, I'm just not very convinced of the "almost definitely ordered or approved by Putin" part, nor the "Putin and other government officials have spoken at length about killing traitors no matter where they go" piece. I have never seen evidence of the former, and honestly never saw or heard the latter either.