Russia-Ukraine war is taking ‘very brutal turn’: Gen. Breedlove
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The White House on Wednesday warned that Russia could use "chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine" or could create a "false flag operation" using them, after the Kremlin accused the U.S. of being involved in biological weapons research at Ukrainian labs.
The director of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ information and press department, Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova, said that in the course of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia confirmed that Ukrainian leadership was quickly trying to clean up any trace of "military and biological programs" that Ukraine was conducting with financial backing from the United States.
This echoed previous accusations that the Kremlin has made about Ukraine allegedly destroying samples of various pathogens. A spokesperson for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied the allegations, according to Reuters, and a senior U.S. defense official called the claims "laughable" and said they are part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
On Wednesday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the administration "took note of Russia’s false claims about alleged U.S. biological weapons labs and chemical weapons development in Ukraine," and added that officials have also seen "Chinese officials echo these conspiracy theories."
"To be clear: this is preposterous," Psaki said, adding that it is "exactly...
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