Ukraine’s Health Ministry refutes Russian fakes on “biological weapons programmes”
Valentyna Romanenko — Monday, 7 March 2022, 11:41
Ukraine’s Ministry of Health refutes the misinformation disseminated by the Russian propagandist media on alleged "emergency removal of traces of a bio-military programme" funded by the US Department of Defence.
Source: Ministry of Health of Ukraine
Details: In particular, it refutes misinformation about the "destruction of particularly dangerous pathogens" in the Poltava and Kharkiv Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CCPC).
Quote: "Once again, we emphasise that there are no "American laboratories" in Ukraine. All laboratory facilities that exist in Ukraine have a common goal - the indication and identification of infectious agents that have significant epidemic potential and / or international significance and are subject to international health regulations.
"The Ministry of Health of Ukraine also draws attention to the fact that the published documents do not feature the particularly dangerous strain which is so actively reported by the aggressor's media."
Why it is important: To justify the treacherous attack on Ukraine, the Russian propaganda machine uses fake information about "nuclear weapons development in Ukraine" and "Western-run biological weapons laboratories", neither of which have any basis in reality.
