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Russia, China and Tucker Carlson are among those spreading a false — and dangerous — story about biological weapons.
INTRO: For weeks, Russia has been spreading misinformation about the existence of U.S.-controlled biological weapons facilities in Ukraine. On Friday, the Russians took that false information to the U.N. Security Council.
Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said his country had proof that Ukraine has at least 30 biological laboratories carrying out “very dangerous biological experiments,” and that the work “is being done and funded and supervised by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the United States.”
It’s a narrative the Russians have been spinning since the first days of the war: that biological labs in Ukraine are in fact run by the U.S. military for the purpose of producing biological and chemical weapons.
The Pentagon has “built two biological war labs [in Ukraine] and they have been developing pathogens there, in Kiev and Odessa,” foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said this week. “And now they are concerned that they may lose control over these labs.”
“Utter nonsense,” said Britain’s U.N. Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council Friday. “Russia is sinking to new depths.”
The U.S. accused Russia of “lying and spreading disinformation” as part of a potential false-flag operation for the use of chemical or biological agents in Ukraine.
“The intent behind these lies seems clear, and is deeply troubling,” said U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. “We believe Russia could use chemical or biological agents for assassinations, as part of a staged or false-flag incident, or to support tactical military operations.”
AAs with much disinformation, there’s a kernel of truth to the Russian story: The United States does fund biological facilities in Ukraine, but they are for disease research and prevention. As Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, told Grid, the notion that they are used for weapons purposes is “complete hogwash. Utter hogwash.”
While the U.S., its NATO allies, U.N. officials, scientists and watchdog groups have joined in debunking the claims, Russia has found a pair of allies for this conspiracy theory: right-wing media in the U.S. and the government of China... (MORE - details)
RELATED (scivillage): WHO, US worry Ukrainian biological lab samples could spill, go to Russians
Russia, China and Tucker Carlson are among those spreading a false — and dangerous — story about biological weapons.
INTRO: For weeks, Russia has been spreading misinformation about the existence of U.S.-controlled biological weapons facilities in Ukraine. On Friday, the Russians took that false information to the U.N. Security Council.
Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said his country had proof that Ukraine has at least 30 biological laboratories carrying out “very dangerous biological experiments,” and that the work “is being done and funded and supervised by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the United States.”
It’s a narrative the Russians have been spinning since the first days of the war: that biological labs in Ukraine are in fact run by the U.S. military for the purpose of producing biological and chemical weapons.
The Pentagon has “built two biological war labs [in Ukraine] and they have been developing pathogens there, in Kiev and Odessa,” foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said this week. “And now they are concerned that they may lose control over these labs.”
“Utter nonsense,” said Britain’s U.N. Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council Friday. “Russia is sinking to new depths.”
The U.S. accused Russia of “lying and spreading disinformation” as part of a potential false-flag operation for the use of chemical or biological agents in Ukraine.
“The intent behind these lies seems clear, and is deeply troubling,” said U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield. “We believe Russia could use chemical or biological agents for assassinations, as part of a staged or false-flag incident, or to support tactical military operations.”
AAs with much disinformation, there’s a kernel of truth to the Russian story: The United States does fund biological facilities in Ukraine, but they are for disease research and prevention. As Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, told Grid, the notion that they are used for weapons purposes is “complete hogwash. Utter hogwash.”
While the U.S., its NATO allies, U.N. officials, scientists and watchdog groups have joined in debunking the claims, Russia has found a pair of allies for this conspiracy theory: right-wing media in the U.S. and the government of China... (MORE - details)
RELATED (scivillage): WHO, US worry Ukrainian biological lab samples could spill, go to Russians