Poisoned ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter will be offered new identities and a new life in America to protect them from any further attacks, The Sunday Times reported.
The U.K.-based news outlet reported that British intelligence officials have spoken with the CIA about resettling the former Russian double agent and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia, who were critically injured in a nerve agent poisoning March 4 in Salisbury.
“They will be offered new identities,” one unnamed source told The Sunday Times.
According to The Sunday Times, both victims, who are both now conscious, also will begin helping investigators in the case.
Yulia Skripal, a Russian citizen, has rejected demands by the Russian embassy in London that it provide her and her father with consular support — an indication she may move to the West permanently, the news outlet reported.
Her 66-year-old father’s recovery is “further behind,” but one source told the news outlet that British authorities “hope they can both assist us with what happened soon.”
Still, The Sunday Times quoted a source saying life for the Skripals “would likely never be the same again” and that they could have injuries that would “require ongoing medical care.”
“The obvious place to resettle them is in America, because they’re less likely to be killed there and it’s easier to protect them there under a new identity,” an intelligence source familiar with the negotiations told the news outlet.
“There’s a preference for them to be resettled in a five-eyes nation because their case would have huge security implications.”
Those nations, all of which share intelligence, also include besides the U.S. and U.K, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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