Russia on Thursday accused the United States of funding research into the development of biological weapons in Ukraine, as Moscow stepped up its campaign to gain control of key Ukrainian cities, IgbereTV reports.
Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a televised briefing that “the purpose of this — and other Pentagon-funded biological research in Ukraine — was to establish a mechanism for the stealthy spread of deadly pathogens.”
Konashenkov claimed the ministry had obtained documents detailing US military-biological activities in Ukraine, including on the transfer of Ukrainians’ biomaterial abroad.
He said Washington “planned to carry out research on a bird, bat, and reptile pathogens”, as well as on African swine fever and anthrax.
“Biolaboratories set up and funded in Ukraine have been experimenting with bat coronavirus samples,” Konashenkov added
