Investigative Committee will ask the Russian Ministry of Defense for data on the study of smallpox in Ukraine

This is stated in the Telegram channel of the department.

“According to the available information, a project was carried out in Ukraine to study the possibility of the spread of especially dangerous infections through migratory birds.

Materials of American instructors on training Ukrainian specialists to work in this area were found in the laboratories.

The specified fact will be given a criminal-legal assessment, ”the UK said.

Earlier, Igor Kirillov, head of the troops for radiation, chemical and biological protection of the Russian Armed Forces, said that the United States and Ukraine did not indicate data on joint work in this area in their reports on their biological research for the UN.