Accusations fly from all sides.

The UN Security Council will meet urgently on Friday at 6:00 p.m. (Paris time) on the alleged manufacture of biological weapons in Ukraine, at the request of Moscow, whose credibility in the field of chemical weapons has been called into question. by Washington and London during a session on Syria.

Russia accuses Washington and Kiev of managing laboratories intended to produce biological weapons in Ukraine, which has been denied by the two capitals.

Moscow had already accused in 2018 the United States of secretly carrying out biological experiments in a laboratory in Georgia, another former Soviet republic which, like Ukraine, aims to join NATO and the European Union.

Moscow chemical attack fears

At a monthly meeting of the Security Council on the use of chemical weapons in Syria – a file still unclosed and which continues to suffer from a lack of information from Damascus denounced by the UN –, Washington and London both mentioned Ukraine.

Since Wednesday, the United States and the United Kingdom have claimed that Russia could use chemical weapons in Ukraine.

"Russia has repeatedly disseminated disinformation regarding Syria's repeated use of chemical weapons," Deputy US Ambassador Richard Mills said.

“Russia's recent flood of lies in an attempt to justify the premeditated and unjustified war against Ukraine should make it clear, once and for all, that Russia cannot be trusted when it talks about the use of chemical weapons in Syria," he said.

Zelensky's denial

For ten days, "Russia has continued its war of aggression against Ukraine, besieging cities, killing civilians indiscriminately, forcing millions of people to flee in search of safety", said his British counterpart, James Kariuki. .

"The parallels with Russian action in Syria are clear" and "the comparison also extends to chemical weapons, as we see the familiar specter of Russian disinformation looming in Ukraine" on this subject, he added. .

When questioned, the spokesman for the UN, Stéphane Dujarric, said on Thursday “not to have any information (…) on their future use” in Ukraine.

"To do so would be illegal and a serious violation of international law," he said.

"Now what, you're going to de-chemize Ukraine?"

According to Zelensky, the labs "dating back to the Soviet Union" do research in "ordinary science and not military technology".

"I am a father of two children. No chemical weapons have been developed in my country" pic.twitter.com/biskebarj5

— Philippe Berry (@ptiberry) March 11, 2022

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In an address to the nation on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied any development of chemical weapons by his country, ironically: “Now what, you are going to de-chemicalize Ukraine?

According to Zelensky, the labs "dating back to the Soviet Union" research "ordinary science, not military technology."

“I am the father of two children.

No chemical weapons have been developed in my country,” he said.

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