On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry issued a report claiming when their troops crossed the border into Ukraine, the Ukrainian government in Kyiv had ordered U.S./NATO-funded Biolabs in the country to destroy deadly pathogens, including plague and anthrax.
Stories of the Russian military targeting Biolabs were initially dismissed as conspiracy theories, but the ministry has now released documents to back up this claim.
In their recent statement, the Russian ministry claims that on February 24, 2022, they received documents from Ukrainian bio-laboratories employees about the destruction of highly dangerous pathogens such as plague, anthrax, Tularemia(Rabbit fever), cholera, and other deadly diseases.
The Kyiv government tried to cover up evidence of the alleged bioweapons program, which the ministry said was funded by the United States. According to the Russian ministry, bioweapons components were made in two labs in Poltava and Kharkiv, cities where fierce fighting has recently been fought.
The U.S. government maintains that they are public and animal health labs operated by host countries and not covert bioweapons operations. Furthermore, they have accused the Russian government of continuing their long-running Russian disinformation campaign.
As per the details made available by the U.S. government, the U.S. Department of Defense’s Biological Threat Reduction Program has been working with partner countries to “to counter the threat of outbreaks (deliberate, accidental, or natural) of the world’s most dangerous infectious diseases.”
On several occasions, Russia has accused the U.S. and Ukraine of developing bio-weapons close to its borders. For example, in April 2021, while talking about the inability of the World Health Organization to establish the origin of Covid, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev told Kommersant reporter that Russia believed the U.S. was developing bio-weapons near its borders.
Patrushev stated, “I suggest you pay attention to the fact that in the world, more and more new biological laboratories under the control of the United States are growing by leaps and bounds. Moreover, by a strange coincidence – mainly at the Russian and Chinese borders.”
Specialists are currently analyzing the documents released by Russia who, according to their ministry, will prove that Ukraine and the U.S. have violated the Biological Weapons Treaty.
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