MOSCOW, RUSSIA —
Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned in Britain along with her father Sergei, has phoned her cousin in Russia and said they were both recovering and that she expected to leave hospital soon, Russian state TV and the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday.
A recording of the conversation was made public on Wednesday evening on state TV which said it had been passed the recording by Yulia's cousin, Viktoria Skripal, and could not vouch for its authenticity.