US-Russia “frontal” clash at UN Security Council on Friday over biological weapons
The ambassador of Russia Vassily Nebenzia claimed that Moscow forces had found evidence of attempts to cover up the investigation biological weapons from Ukraine. Nebenzia claimed that Ukraine had used the coronavirus pandemic as a cover to advance its research and told UN diplomats that “Ukraine had tried to spread biological weapons by infecting migratory birds and bats.” He also accused the United States of trying to create biological weapons that could target specific ethnic groups. The Russian ambassador did not provide any evidence of his allegations, prompting a response from the US ambassador.
“It’s Russia, not Ukrainewhich has a biological weapons program – USA The US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield He told the UN Security Council that Russia was trying to “use the misinformation and deceive the people to justify President Putin’s election war against the Ukrainian people”.
“Ukraine does not have a biological weapons program. There are no US-backed Ukrainian biological weapons laboratories. “Not near the Russian border or anywhere,” he said.
Greenfield added that Ukraine operates its own public health laboratories to detect and diagnose diseases such as Covid-19, adding that the United States has helped Ukraine “do so safely and securely.”
He noted that the project was carried out “in the countryside”, adding: “It is Russia that has long maintained a biological weapons program in violation of international law.”
The UN warned about possible Russian war crimes in Belarus.
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