DISINFO: US supported Yushchenko in return for biological weapons research in Ukraine
SUMMARY
American biological laboratories appeared in Ukraine after Viktor Yushchenko came to power. This was one of the conditions of the American administration to support him.
The main task of these laboratories is to spread a war virus disguised as a natural phenomenon. As a result, tick-borne encephalitis became very aggressive. All of this work is funded by the US Department of Defence, which never practices disease prevention, but rather develops offensive recipes.
RESPONSE
A recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about biological weapons provided with no evidence. The claim is one of the many attempts to justify the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This disinformation claim was neither critically challenged nor counterbalanced in the article.
The conspiracy theory about alleged US biolabs in countries bordering Russia aiming to encircle Moscow and spread infectious diseases is a part of a years-long disinformation campaign led by the Kremlin. More about this topic can be read here.
According to the UN, there are no signs of any biological weapons programme conducted in Ukraine, despite the claims made by Russia.
Russia's allegations about the alleged biological weapons programmes in Ukraine have also been debunked by independent media.
Ukraine is one of the states cooperating in the US Department of Defence's Biological Threat Reduction Programme (BTRP). The goal of the BTRP is to safeguard global health by preventing and containing the outbreak of infectious diseases and establishing high international standards in biological security.
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. As we have said all along, Russia is inventing false pretexts in an attempt to justify its own horrific actions in Ukraine."
More cases concerning bio-military labs in Ukraine include: new evidence of US military-biological activity in Ukraine; the US has biological military activity in dozens of countries; the US created COVID-19 and biological weapons in Ukraine.