Russian officials claimed on Monday that Ukrainian soldiers have been turned into "monsters" in "secret experiments" in biological laboratories in Ukraine funded by the United States government.
Vice-speakers of Russia's Federation Council and the State Duma, Konstantin Kosachev and Irina Yarovaya made the remarks after a regular meeting of a parliamentary commission that was created in March to probe the activities of American biological laboratories on Ukrainian territory, state media outlet Kommersant reported.
According to Kosachev and Yarovaya, the co-chairs of the commission, blood analysis of Ukrainian servicemen showed that they had been subjected to "secret experiments," which transformed them into "the most cruel monsters."
Speaking to reporters after the meeting on Monday, Kosachev claimed that experiments were conducted on the Ukrainian soldiers and that experiments on "extremely dangerous diseases" were also carried out on Ukrainian territory "which under certain circumstances could be distributed for military purposes."
Kosachev alleged that blood samples from captured Ukrainian servicemen showed that "for a number of diseases, including those atypical for Ukrainian territory, the content of the relevant substances is several times higher than the permissible norms."
Yarovaya said blood analysis found traces of drugs, hepatitis A and the West Nile virus, which causes West Nile fever.
The pair offered no evidence to back up their claims. The Russian...
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