Russia warns of theft of biological materials from Ukrainian laboratories

Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, called on the European Union (EU) to investigate the real threat posed by biological agents from Ukraine at a UN Security Council meeting on Friday.

Nebenzia warned Security Council members that dangerous pathogens could cross the border into Ukraine and spread across Europe, and called on the European Union to consider this possibility.

He added that Russia was warning the international community about the danger of terrorists stealing biological materials from Ukrainian laboratories.

Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations also noted that the United States does not allow international inspections of Russian-backed biological laboratories in Ukraine.

The Russian representative said that the US refusal to inspect these laboratories means secrecy.

Vladimir Putin’s diplomat said the Russian Defense Ministry had obtained documents showing that a network of 30 laboratories in Ukraine was investigating pathogens for plague, anthrax, tularemia, cholera and other deadly diseases. اند.

Nebenzia added that this is being done under the auspices of the Pentagon, in particular the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

Izumi Nakamitsu, the UN’s director of disarmament, told a Security Council meeting on Friday that the United Nations was not aware of the biological weapons program in Ukraine, but warned that an accident could occur at Ukraine’s nuclear power plants. The day is rising.

“Situations like the Ukraine war require the strengthening of an international ban on biological weapons,” he said.

The Security Council requested that in addition to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s ongoing inspections in Russia, that it monitor Iran’s compliance with “the steps required by the IAEA Board”.

Russia accuses the Ukrainian government of operating laboratories for the production of microbial (biological) weapons in cooperation with the United States, but both Kiev and Washington have denied this, and Russia has not provided any evidence. .

In 2018, Russia also accused the United States of secretly conducting biological experiments in a laboratory in Georgia. The United States and Britain have been claiming that Russia is using chemical weapons in Ukraine since last week.

Alexander Shulgin, Russia’s permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), recently announced that Moscow would soon send documents to the organization regarding provocative measures to use chemical weapons in Ukraine.

According to IRNA, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday (February 21st) criticized the West for not paying attention to Moscow’s security concerns and announced that his country recognizes the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and signs cooperation and friendship agreements with its leaders in the Kremlin. The Republicans signed.

In a speech on Russian national television on the morning of Thursday (February 24th), Putin announced military action in Donbas and called on Ukrainian forces to lay down their weapons and go home.

As the war in Ukraine continues, global reactions to the event continue, and diplomatic pressure and international threats and sanctions against Russia are increasing.