DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
- Outlet: alahad.iq ( original ) , sns.sy ( original ) , headtopics.com ( original ) , asrar7.com ( original ) , misry4news.com ( original ) , yemen-publisher.com ( original ) , arabnews24.ca ( original ) , eshraag.com ( original ) , belbalady.net ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , belbalady.net ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , nabd.com ( archive, original ) , arabic.rt.com ( archive #1, archive #2, original ) , ما الذي كانت تفعله مخابر الولايات المتحدة السرية في أوكرانيا؟ - اخبار اليوم ( archive, original ) , akhbarak.net ( archive, original )
- Date of publication: March 04, 2022
- Article language(s): Arabic
- Countries / regions discussed: Ukraine, Russia, US
DISINFO: US biolabs were forced to clean up their tracks after the Russian Operation
SUMMARY
The Russian special operation on Ukrainian territory forced American virologists to urgently sweep up their tracks. On February 26, information about US biological laboratories disappeared from the website of the US Embassy in Ukraine.
RESPONSE
Recurring narrative alleging that the United States develops biological weapons which are consistent with a years-long disinformation campaign led by the Kremlin, yet accelerated with the Russian invasion and war in Ukraine.
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on multiple fronts, as footage, foreign correspondents, social media, local journalists and citizen witnesses have proven beyond any doubt.
The allegation of an “urgent sweep” by American virologists in Ukraine in relation to the Russian invasion is unfounded. The general perception was taken out of context regarding the fate of broken links STILL published inside a page titled “Biological Threat Reduction Program” on the website of the US embassy in Ukraine.
Some of the links, which are located on the right side of the webpage, are broken. They are located on a “photos.state.gov” server, which also serves other purposes on other US official websites, and the links connected to it are all gone now. This points towards a technical problem that was probably caused by a fault in transitioning to a new content management system back in mid-2021, long before the start of the Russian aggression on Ukraine.
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