DISINFO: The Russian special military operation in Ukraine uncovered US biological laboratories
SUMMARY
The Russian special military operation in Ukraine uncovered US biological laboratories located on the territory of the former Soviet republic and revealed how the Russian-Ukrainian war was Washington's goal from the beginning. This was confirmed by Stoltenberg himself.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the US producing biological weapons in Ukraine and about the war in Ukraine, portraying the US and NATO as alleged aggressors. Both narratives aim to shift attention away from Russia's responsibility for its war on Ukraine and its full-scale invasion.
The narrative of the biological labs is promoted not only via media channels, but also in the context of Russia's membership of international organisations. Russia repeatedly claimed that the United States have a biological weapons programme in Ukrainian labs, the country even demanded the UN Security Council to investigate them.
At a meeting on this topic in March 2022, Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, informed the Security Council saying that “the UN is not aware of any biological weapons programme being conducted in Ukraine”. Both the US and Ukraine have denied that any such programme would be operated.
Ukraine does have a network of biological labs, even such financially supported from the US. But they are owned and operated by Ukraine and are part of an initiative called the Biological Threat Reduction Program. The Program aims to reduce the threat of outbreaks not just in Ukraine, but also in Eastern Europe and in the Caucuses. Its focus is not the development of biological weapons. The research was done in collaboration with neighbouring countries, as well as the World Health Organisation and the World Organisation for Animal Health.
The West supports Ukraine with military and financial aid for the country’s efficient self-defence, in accordance with the UN Charter Article 51, to stop Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
The claim that Stoltenberg admitted that a Russia-Ukraine war Washington's goal is baseless.
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