Putin's cyber spooks who hacked Skripal's family in series of attacks are unmasked by British intel chiefs
Whitehall has imposed sanctions on Vladimir Putin's spooks responsible for years of hacking and other actions in the UK.
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Yulia Skripal and her father Sergei were poisoned by Russian spies in 2018. Yulia was also hacked by Putin's spooks before the attack
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Others hit with sanctions are believed to be behind bombings and arson attacks in Britain and Europe in retaliation for support for Ukraine.
They face a range of restrictions such as having financial assets frozen.
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"The Kremlin should be in no doubt; we see what they are trying to do in the shadows and won't tolerate it.'
Spy chiefs are also probing if Russian agents were behind an incendiary device that ignited at a DHL hub in Birmingham last year.
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Similar incidents have been reported across Europe.
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Ivan Yermakov is said to have targeted Sergei Skripal's daughter Yulia five years before Russia poisoned her and her dad
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Aleksey Lukashev is also said to have targeted Yulia before she was poisoned with nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury in 2018
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