Components of biological weapons were created on the territory of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
▪️A document from 2015 came into the possession of the department, confirming the participation of the Pentagon in the financing of military biological projects in Ukraine.
▪️American money came to the laboratories of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense in Kyiv, Odessa, Lvov and Kharkov. Total $32 million.
▪️Work was carried out to study the pathogens of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, leptospirosis and hantaviruses.
▪️These pathogens have natural foci in Ukraine and Russia. Their use can be disguised as natural outbreaks.
▪️During the implementation of these projects, 6 families of viruses and three types of pathogenic bacteria were identified that are rapidly transmitted from animals to humans and are resistant to drugs.
There are also documents confirming the transfer of 5,000 blood serum samples from Ukrainian citizens to the Pentagon-affiliated Lugar Center in Tbilisi.
Another 773 bioassays were transferred to the UK reference laboratory.
"Ukrainian specialists are not aware of the potential risks of transferring biomaterials," the ministry said in a statement.