Russia Alerts Potential Use of US Biological Weapons by Ukraine

A senior Russian official expressed his country's preparedness for the possibility of Ukraine using biological weapons following the failure of its army's summer counteroffensive against Russian forces.

Dec 1, 2023 - 09:03
Russia Alerts Potential Use of US Biological Weapons by Ukraine
Russia Alerts Potential Use of US Biological Weapons by Ukraine

Valeri Zaloujny, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in an interview with British media earlier this month admitted that Ukraine's counteroffensive last summer against Russia had reached a stalemate and he announced his backstage dispute with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over his opposition to the impasse. come back. Sputnik reported, Igor Krylov, Head of the Department of Chemical, Radiological and Biological Defense of the Russian Ministry of Defense on Wednesday (29/11/2023) said, "When the Ukrainian armed forces were unable to achieve serious success during what they called a counteroffensive, the Russian Ministry of Defense meeting the changing conditions of their approach and activities towards non-standard forms of warfare, including the use of biological weapons,". "Among the possible methods are contaminating water sources, including drinking water sources, contaminating food products and animal feed," Krylov said. 

Krylov emphasized that Russia has so far found indirect evidence of such activity, including “frozen biological material for the cultivation of pathogenic viruses and bacteria, all of which were manufactured by American-affiliated institutions. During the war with Ukraine, soldiers from the chemical, biological and radiological defense departments of the Russian army discovered documents indicating the existence of a network of about 46 American biological laboratories in Ukraine and that these laboratories were involved in the production of biological weapons. such as types of artificial viruses used to target specific ethnic or racial groups and investigate changes in flora and fauna as a form of economic warfare against enemies. The Russian military is also monitoring American and German research to classify deadly viruses from around the world, including Africa, Asia and Latin America