"STORY AT-A-GLANCE
According to Russian officials, the U.S. government has been financing and helping Ukraine develop a secret bio-weapons program
According to the U.S. government, they’ve been working with Ukraine to “eliminate” bioweapons left over from the Soviet era.
This was then changed to: The U.S. is helping “secure” former Soviet bioweapons.
Other denials have stated that the labs are diagnostic and biodefense laboratories, or that they’re used for vaccine development
The concepts of biodefense and biowarfare are largely indistinguishable. “Biodefense” implies tacit biowarfare, as they typically create dangerous pathogens under the guise of finding a cure in case such a pathogen was to develop naturally or be created by an enemy
March 8, 2022, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland admitted that “biological research laboratories” in Ukraine have been funded and operated under the direction of the U.S.
Nuland stressed that she’s very concerned about the contents of those labs falling into the hands of the Russian military, because Russia may use the pathogens as bioweapons. But the only reason to be concerned about that is if they’re extremely dangerous and NOT former Soviet bioweapons (as Russia would already have them)
According to Russian officials, the U.S. government has been financing and helping Ukraine develop a secret bioweapons program.
The U.S. State Department has shrugged it off as “total nonsense,” and fact checkers have published countless “consensus statements” emphatically denying the Russian claim over the past few weeks.
As usual, it’s difficult to discern the truth, as both sides are churning out propaganda. ...
Under Secretary of State Admits US Funding of Ukraine Labs
While the Biden administration has vehemently denied the Russian accusation, March 8, 2022, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, admitted that “biological research laboratories” in Ukraine have in fact been funded and operated under the direction of the U.S.
She did not admit that they were biological WEAPONS labs.
But is it all semantics?
While the research and defense industries would like you to believe that there’s a vast difference, and a sharp dividing line, between biological research for health purposes and biological weapons research, most such research can serve dual purposes.
During Nuland’s testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., asked: “Does Ukraine have chemical or biological weapons?”
Surprisingly, Nuland, after some hesitation, responded that “there are biological research facilities” in the Ukraine. ... "
