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US official: Russian invasion of Ukraine risks release of dangerous ... ByMatt Field|Article| February 25, 2022 A research lab in Kyiv, Ukraine built by the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Credit: Defense Threat Reduction Agency The Russian invasion of Ukraine may put at risk a network of US-linked labs in Ukraine that work with dangerous pathogens, said Robert Pope, the director of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, a 30-year-old Defense Department program that has helped secure the former Soviet Union’s weapons of mass destruction and redirect former bioweapons facilities and scientists toward peaceful endeavors. The labs in Ukraine are not bioweapons facilities. The US government maintains that they are public and animal health labs operated by host countries. Although a long-runningRussian disinformation campaignhas painted a picture of a network of US military labs in Ukraine, Georgia, and other former Soviet republics involved in bioweapons or risky research, Pope said the labs conduct peaceful scientific research and disease surveillance. Outsideexpertshave also said Pope’s programis nota covert bioweapons operation. While the United States isn’t maintainin…

How the false Russian biolab story came to circulate among the U.S. ... News & Stories Technology How the false Russian biolab story came to circulate among the U.S. far right Bill Chappell Odette Yousef March 25, 2022 / 2:23 am It was a lurid and difficult to believe claim: that Ukraine was developing biological weapons with the assistance of the U.S. government. In fact, U.S. assistance to Ukrainian biological labs has been targeted at strengthening public health measures. Both the U.S. and Ukraine have also signed a treaty vowing never to produce or use biological weapons. But unlike most Russian efforts to spread false narratives justifying its invasion of Ukraine, this one found a receptive audience in the United States among far-right social media channels, Fox News and followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory. "It's clearly a case where the U.S. government has been lying; it has mounted a disinformation campaign, if you will, designed to cover up what it is doing," said Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently. He did not offer specific evidence to back that claim. The false biolab story spread quickly both in the U.S. and overseas, where Chinese state media joined in the effo…

Russian propaganda revives fake story about biolabs in Ukraine Russian fake news. Stock photo: Getty Images The Russian propaganda machine has once again intensified the spread of the fake narrative about "biological laboratories in Ukraine". Source: Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Details: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova is reported to have claimed that "the US admitted the existence of 36 biolaboratories in Ukraine where experiments on humans were conducted". Advertisement: Russia has been actively pushing this fake story about "Ukrainian biolabs" since 2022, the Center pointed out. There has never been any confirmation of their existence. Instead, the Kremlin’s so-called "evidence base" is typically built on manipulation, distortion and remarks made by marginal figures whom Russian propaganda presents as "influential experts". The Center emphasised that such fabrications are used by Russia to justify its war against Ukraine, exploit public fears and create an illusion of an "external threat". Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon ! disinformation propaganda war Russia Advertisement:

Russia weds biolab, organ harvesting conspiracies to discredit US, Ukraine Share Share Spokesperson of Russian Foreign Ministry "Ukraine was gradually turning into a testing ground for experiments of any quality with biolabs, obviously with organ trading." Moscow continues to push the discredited disinformation narrative that the Ukrainian state is systematically engaged in illicit organ harvesting. Russian officials and state-owned news outlets propagate speculations that Kyiv and the U.S. prolong the war to keep ongoing bioweapons experiments and uncontrolled organ harvesting. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova recently threaded these two propaganda lines together. On Jan. 24, Zakharova claimed that Ukraine, with help from the West, was illicitly harvesting organs and selling them online. She claimed that the U.S. deployed "Pentagon biolabs" to Ukraine "under the auspices of the Ukrainian Ministry of Health." "Ukraine was gradually turning into a testing ground for experiments of any quality with biolabs, obviously with organ trading," she said. On Jan. 25, Russian state-run media outlet Sputnik mirrored Zakharova's allegations in a series of posts on …

Russia was telling truth about US biolabs in Ukraine — Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev called on Wikipedia to revise its article on biological laboratories in Ukraine, which describes the issue as a conspiracy theory

Ukrainian Health Ministry Addresses False Bio Lab Accusations June 13, 2026 June 13, 2026 veth The Ministry of Health denied Hubbard’s accusations about “US biolabs” in Ukraine The Ministry of Health of Ukraine has officially responded to information published by US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard about the work of a network of Ukrainian research centers. As Censor.NET reports , this is stated in an official statement from the department’s press service. Unfounded accusations The Ukrainian ministry emphasized that our state clearly fulfills its international obligations under the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons. Ukraine has never been involved in the development, accumulation or production of such weapons. Long-term cooperation between Kyiv and Washington in the medical field was aimed only at improving the public health system, disease diagnostics and biosecurity. All laboratory institutions that received technical assistance are exclusively civilian in nature and work in the field of veterinary medicine or medicine. The reason for the statement was Tulsi Gabbard’s publication, in which she allegedly declassified data on American fund…

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry rejects claims about "biolabs" and ... Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected claims by US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that the US government has long funded more than 120 "biolaboratories", including in Ukraine, as groundless. Source: a comment by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as reported by European Pravda Details: The ministry said Ukraine has consistently fulfilled its international obligations under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). Advertisement: Ukraine has never engaged in activities related to the development, production or stockpiling of biological weapons, the ministry added. Quote: "For many years, cooperation between Ukraine and the United States in the field of biosafety has been aimed exclusively at strengthening the capabilities of the public health system, epidemiological surveillance, laboratory diagnostics, biosafety, and biosecurity. This refers to ordinary civilian activities that comply with international public health standards and practices and are entirely unrelated to any military objectives." More details: The ministry pointed out that the l…

U.S. biolabs near Russia's border: A hidden bioweapons network? 11/06/2025/ ByKevin Hughes A sprawling network of U.S.-funded biological laboratories operating near Russia’s borders has sparked accusations of covert bioweapons development, raising concerns over transparency, safety and geopolitical motives. Documents, whistleblower testimonies and military disclosures suggest these facilities—ostensibly built for public health—may be engaged in high-risk pathogen research with military applications. “The United States government has funded numerous biological laboratories around the world, often under the auspices of scientific research, disease surveillance and pandemic prevention,”BrightU.AI‘s Enoch said. “However, the true nature and intentions of some of these facilities have been called into question due to concerns about biosecurity, bioterrorism and potential dual-use research of concern.” At the heart of this controversy is the Richard Lugar Center for Public Health Research in Tbilisi, Georgia—a high-security facility financed by the U.S.Department of Warunder the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program. Officially, the lab is tasked with disease prevention and bio…

Ukrainian biolabs: the never-ending narrative - DFRLab February 24, 2025 byIryna Adam,Roman Osadchuk The narrative about US-funded biolabs in Ukraine has been a regular weapon in the propagandist arsenal for over a decade. Now, it is seeking new avenues for growth February 24, 2025 byIryna Adam,Roman Osadchuk BANNER: Screenshot of an RT report on the December 2024 briefing by the Deputy Head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection troops of the Armed Forces of Russia, Aleksei Rtischev. (Source:@RT_com/archived) In the first edition of the DFRLab’sNarrative Warfareseries, released on the first anniversary of Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we examined narratives that claimed Ukraine had developed biological weapons that were sponsored by the West. Now, on the third anniversary of the war, we reexamined this narrative and found the conspiracies and false stories about Western biolabs operating in Ukraine and abroad are as alive as ever. The claims of US-funded biolabs operating in Ukraine emerged as early as 2009, withseveralarticles outlining the signing of an agreement between the American Department of Defense and the Ukrainian Ministry…

Russia's Allegations of U.S. Biological Warfare in Ukraine – Part I Ukraine Symposium – Russia’s Allegations of U.S. Biological Warfare in Ukraine – Part I by Robert Lawless | Dec 2, 2022 During its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has accused the United States and Ukraine of collaborating to develop biological weapons in violation of international law. Russia’s claims led to a “formal consultative meeting” in Geneva pursuant to Article V of the Biological Weapons Convention. In this post, which is in two parts, I analyze Russia’s biological warfare claims in light of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention. In Part 1, I narrate the factual dispute between Russia and the United States concerning the development of biological weapons in Ukraine. Then, I review the Convention’s rules, obligations, and rights and discuss how they may apply in this case. In Part 2, I examine the Biological Weapons Convention’s dispute resolution mechanisms. Doing so highlights well-known deficiencies in the Convention’s means of ensuring compliance and enforcement of its rights and obligations. This discussion affords an opportunity to evaluate the Convention’s normative force as an instrument of internatio…

Russian media spreading disinformation about US ... ByMatt Field|Analysis| February 8, 2022 A sample of posts and media pieces spreading disinformation about supposed US biological research in Ukraine. Tim Kirby is a host on RT,the Russian state-owned media network. But that’s just one of the jobs theOhio nativesays he’s had in Russia. According to his LinkedIn profile, he’s also a tight-end on the semi-professional Moscow Spartans football team, a prolific YouTuber, and a former drive-time radio host (or, as he puts it, the “#2 microphone” on a morning radio show calledSergey Stillavin and His Friends). On his YouTube channel, he recently divulged what would be a shocking revelation, if it were true: The United States is developing biological weapons in a network of labs right next door to Russia in Ukraine. “Someone I’ve known for a few years has come forward,” Kirby told the almost 60,000 viewers who’ve watched the video so far, “to put together a picture of a network of bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine, that is very large and very Washington-supported that could be quite dangerous for us all.” Far from representing simply his own personal musings, Kirby’s unsubstantiated…

How the false Russian biolab story came to circulate among the U.S. fa It was a lurid and difficult to believe claim: that Ukraine was developing biological weapons with the assistance of the U.S. government. In fact, U.S. assistance to Ukrainian biological labshas been targeted at strengthening public health measures. Both the U.S. and Ukraine havealso signed a treatyvowing never to produce or use biological weapons. But unlike most Russian efforts to spread false narratives justifying its invasion of Ukraine, this one found a receptive audience in the United States among far-right social media channels, Fox News and followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory. "It's clearly a case where the U.S. government has been lying; it has mounted a disinformation campaign, if you will, designed to cover up what it is doing," said Fox News host Tucker Carlsonrecently. He did not offer specific evidence to back that claim. The false biolab story spread quickly both in the U.S. and overseas, where Chinese state media joined in the effort to push the narrative. "The Kremlin is intentionally spreading outright lies that the United States and Ukraine are conducting chemical and biological weap…