DISINFO: The US is going to use psychotropic weapons against Russian army in Ukraine

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DISINFO: The US is going to use psychotropic weapons against Russian army in Ukraine

SUMMARY

In the near future, the United States is going to use psychotropic weapons in the "special military operation" zone. The Americans have already brought psychotropic weapons to Kramatorsk (Donetsk oblast).

RESPONSE

The article provides no evidence for its claims and promotes recurrent pro-Kremlin conspiracy theories about Ukraine allegedly using biological, chemical and nuclear weapons against Russia.

Such narratives are a leitmotif of a years-old disinformation campaign conducted by the Kremlin and are currently deployed in an attempt to justify Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

See similar disinformation cases alleging that Americans inject Ukrainian soldiers with drugs and viruses for biological research, that Ukraine uses chemical weapons making the conflict increasingly complex that Ukraine has drones capable of spraying containers with mosquitos to spread bioweapons, or that Kyiv passed from rejecting nuclear weapons to preparing a dirty bomb.

Disclaimer

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