The Kremlin is reviving false claims about Ukrainian bioweapons programs as part of a broader propaganda campaign aimed at justifying the war, Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) said on May 27.
An official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation recently claimed the agency possesses information regarding "the development of bioweapons with US funding and with the participation of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine."
The CCD notes that these claims are part of a systematic Kremlin campaign aimed at justifying Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine by framing the aggression as a preemptive strike.
Ukrainian officials state that these narratives have been repeatedly debunked, yet the Russian propaganda apparatus continues to cycle through the same talking points. The Investigative Committee representative asserted that a criminal investigation into the matter has been open since 2022.
Commenting on the situation, the CCD observed: "A completely logical question arises: if during the years of 'investigation' Russian law enforcement officers really found something, why have they not yet published a single real piece of evidence? The answer is obvious – they have nothing to show the public."
According to Ukrainian outlet LB.ua, the narrative regarding biological weapons has been a fixture of Russian rhetoric since the initial stages of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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