China is backing Russia’s claims about U.S.-controlled "biolabs" in Ukraine conducting "biological military activities" – accusations the White House and Ukraine have both denied.
After the talks, Russia's top diplomat dismissed "pathetic outcries" over "so-called atrocities" and claimed the U.S. was working on biological weapons in Ukraine.
The U.S. intelligence community says Ukraine does not have a WMD program and pushed back against Russian claims that the United States is running bioweapons labs in Ukraine, calling it a Kremlin disinformation campaign.
The head of the U.S. intelligence community said Thursday that biolabs in Ukraine do not produce weapons or conduct dangerous research, slamming claims to the contrary as "classic" Russian propaganda.
Russia’s conspiratorial claims about U.S.-run biological weapon facilities in Ukraine were swiftly denied by the U.S. and Ukraine—but have been endorsed by China.
The Biden administration is forcefully pushing back on Russian claims that the United States is running bioweapons labs in Ukraine, with the Pentagon calling it "Russian propaganda" and "a bunch of malarkey."
The Foreign Ministry of Russia claimed on Tuesday that the nation's military had "confirmed" the existence of American-funded biological laboratories in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s government operates over a dozen laboratories engaged in research on biological warfare defenses and other medical research that could fall into Russian hands, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told Congress on Thursday.
Western countries accused Russia of spreading "wild" conspiracy theories at the United Nations Friday after Moscow's envoy told diplomats that America and Ukraine had researched using bats to conduct…
UN disarmament official says biological weapons have been outlawed since Biological Weapons Convention came into force in 1975 and both Ukraine and Russia are parties to convention
