China News Service, March 24 (Xinhua) According to a comprehensive Russian media report, on the 24th local time, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov said at a press conference that experts from the Russian Armed Forces discovered new evidence that the Pentagon was involved in the development of biological weapons in Ukraine. fact.
"Experts of the Russian radiation, chemical and biological protection forces have found new evidence in the study of relevant documents, which can prove that the US Department of Defense is directly involved in the development of biological weapons components in Ukraine." Konashenkov said, the Russian Ministry of Defense Original documents that demonstrate the Pentagon's development and approval of the "UP-2" biological program will be released in the near future.
Konashenkov said that the main purpose of the project is to carry out molecular analysis of the most dangerous infectious diseases unique to Ukraine. "This work involves sampling pathogens in animal cemeteries to obtain new strains of anthrax."
In addition, Konashenkov said that a pharmaceutical company that has a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense has studied with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense about the use of Ukrainian military personnel to test unregistered drugs.
Konashenkov pointed out that relevant facts will be made public at a special press conference and documentary evidence will be provided.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia requested an investigation into the issue of the US biological laboratory in Ukraine under the framework of the Biological Weapons Convention.