U.S. dismisses Russian claims of biowarfare labs in Ukraine https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-demands-us-explain-biological-programme-ukraine-2022-03-09/ March 10, 2022
Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria] Zakharova said the documents unearthed by [invading] Russian forces in Ukraine showed "an emergency attempt to erase evidence of military biological programmes" financed by the Pentagon. She provided no further details on the documents.
Like many other countries, Ukraine has public health laboratories researching how to mitigate the threats of dangerous diseases affecting both animals and humans. Its laboratories have received support from the United States, European Union and World Health Organization.
The Pentagon's Biological Threat Reduction Program has been working with the Ukrainian government to ensure the security of pathogens and toxins stored in the laboratories. In the midst of similar biowarfare accusations in 2020, the U.S. embassy in Kyiv issued a statement saying its involvement was to ensure "dangerous pathogens do not fall into the wrong hands."