This became known following the results of Bastrykin's meeting, which he held in Lugansk.
“Bastrykin was informed about the investigation into the circumstances of conducting scientific developments on the territory of Ukraine to create elements of biological weapons, their financing by foreign states, in particular, the United States.
An analysis of the documents received made it possible to clearly identify the circle of persons associated with military biological activities in Ukraine, including representatives of the US Department of Defense and American contractor companies, ”the press service of the Investigative Committee reports.
On April 19, it became known that Russia had circulated to the UN Security Council new data on military-biological activities in Ukraine, carried out with the support of the United States.
As noted in the Kremlin, the US biological laboratories raise many questions not only for Russia, Washington is obliged to provide comprehensive information on them.
On March 24, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that experts from the Russian Armed Forces had revealed new facts of the involvement of the US Department of Defense in the development of biological weapons in Ukraine.