US moving bioweapons research out of Ukraine: Russia

The head of Russia’s Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defense Troops said the US military is moving its illegal biological weapons research out of Ukraine to other countries after reports about it have been leaked.

“The Pentagon is actively working to transfer its unfinished research projects to the countries in Central Asia and Eastern Europe,” Igor Kirillov insisted during a briefing on Saturday, RT reported.

He added that the Americans have also been boosting cooperation with Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, Kenya and some other nations in the Indo-Pacific and Africa, with “the US Department of Defense being most interested in countries that already possess laboratories with a high level of bioсontainment.”

The Russian commander said data on illegal operations of US laboratories in Ukraine was presented at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons conference, which was held in Geneva between November 28 and December 16.

He said the data included “documentary evidence that work with components of biological weapons and studies of pathogens of especially dangerous and economically significant infections had been carried out on the territory of Ukraine with financial, scientific, technical and personnel support of the US.”

The official revealed that the documents obtained by Russia during its special operation in Ukraine reveal that “military-biological programs” have been performed by such organizations as Mechnikov Anti-Plague Research Institute in Kiev, Institute of Veterinary Medicine in Kharkov and Lviv-based Research Institute of Epidemiology and Hygiene.

Kirillov added that those files also mentioned three Pentagon contractors and seven high-ranking officials of the US Department of Defense.

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