DISINFO: Ukrainian biolaboratories are directly linked to Hunter Biden
SUMMARY
Specific officials and companies that took part in the creation of bioweapon components in Ukraine have been identified. As ongoing journalistic investigations in the Western media show, these companies are directly linked to the son of the US President Hunter Biden.
As a result of the special operation, research was stopped in a number of Ukrainian biological laboratories. By the order of the Pentagon, the research included work with strains of pathogens of especially dangerous infections.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about biolabs in Ukraine as being part of US biological warfare efforts. The claim is made in the context of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified military invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022.
According to the UN, there are no signs of any biological weapons programme conducted in Ukraine, despite the claims made by Russia.
The US Department of State has stated that "The US does not own or operate any chemical or biological laboratories in Ukraine, it is in full compliance with its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and Biological Weapons Convention." Russia's allegations about the alleged biological weapons programmes in Ukraine have been also debunked by independent media.
See similar cases claiming that the US creates ethnic weapons against Russians and Slavs in its biolabs, that US military biological laboratories encircle Russia, or US tests ethnic weapons against Slavs in its biolabs in Ukraine.
Read more about the crucial differences between the development of biological weapons and legitimate biological research here.
See the EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine here along with EU vs Disinfo's Guide to Deciphering Pro-Kremlin disinformation around Putin's War.