Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations has claimed Moscow’s forces have found evidence of an attempt to clear up evidence of biological weapons in Ukraine.
Speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council convened at Russia’s request, Vasily Nebenzya claimed Russian forces had found evidence of a network of “at least 30” biological research labs aimed at strengthening several “lethal diseases”.
He said ‘’very dangerous biological experiments” had been conducted at the sites in co-ordination with the US.
Nebenzya did not provide any evidence for his claims and the UN’s disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu has said it is not aware of any biological weapons programme in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the United States has called such claims from Russia “laughable”, and warns Russia could use them to justify its own potential use of similar weapons against Ukraine.
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