Ukraine on Tuesday listed the "most ridiculous" claims made during the first 10 months of President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of the country.
In a Twitter thread, the Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security under the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine accused Russia of "cynically lying" since Putin illegally annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
"The Russian propaganda machine is a fakes production conveyor. Check out the most ridiculous and cynical fakes of 2022," the center said, listing the top 10 claims from last year.
"Biolaboratories producing combat birds and mosquitoes" was listed by the center as the first fake from Russia in 2022.
Just days after Putin's full-scale invasion began on February 24, Russia accused Ukraine and the U.S. of a plot to spread pathogens using migratory birds and bats.
"Russians claim the 'development' of biological weapons 'genetically formulated' against Slavic people. The weapons are 'delivered by birds and insects'. Who knows why this weapon doesn't work against Ukrainians?" the center tweeted.
The second false claim detailed by the center is of a "Ukrainian dirty bomb." In 2022 Russia doubled down on its claims that Ukraine intends to use a "dirty bomb," although both Ukrainian and U.S. officials rejected claims Kyiv was plotting to explode such a device.
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