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EU Joins U.K. In Saying Russia 'Very Likely' Responsible For Nerve Agent Attack

At a summit in Brussels, EU leaders said "there is no plausible alternative explanation" for the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter earlier this month in southern England.
British Prime Minister Theresa May, center, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron during a news conference following a meeting on the sidelines of the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, on Thursday.

European Union leaders have backed U.K.'s assessment that the nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent was almost certainly carried out by Moscow, saying,

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