American scientists in Ukraine supervised a project to study the possibility of the spread of pathogens of cholera, typhoid fever and hepatitis by water.
This was announced at a briefing on Thursday by the head of the radiation, chemical and Biological Protection Troops (RCBZ) Russian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.
According to him, during a special operation in Ukraine, the Russian military seized documents of project 3007 entitled "Monitoring of the epidemiological and environmental situation regarding dangerous diseases of aquatic origin in Ukraine." During their study, it turned out that Ukrainian specialists, under the supervision of scientists from the United States, systematically carried out water sampling in large rivers of Ukraine - the Dnieper, the Danube, the Dniester, as well as in the North Crimean Canal. "Then they tried to establish the presence of particularly dangerous pathogens, including pathogens of cholera, typhoid fever, hepatitis A and E, and draw conclusions about the possibility of their spread by water," General Kirillov explained.
As part of this project, the military commander continued, an assessment of the damaging properties of the selected samples was carried out. And the strains themselves, according to the general, were deposited in the collection and subsequently exported to the United States.
"The analysis of the map of water resources of Ukraine shows that the results of the work carried out can be used to create an unfavorable biological situation not only on the territory of Russia, but also in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas, as well as in the countries of Eastern Europe - Belarus, Moldova, Poland," said the head of the Russian troops of the
In addition, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, in the interests of the Pentagon, the Ukrainian Scientific and Technological Center (UNTC - this organization was engaged in the development of weapons in Ukraine - details here) funded projects P-364, 444, and 781. "They are all aimed at studying the spread of pathogens of dangerous infections through insect vectors, wild birds, bats," General Kirillov explained.
"Our concern about Washington's activities in Ukraine is related to the fact that, contrary to its international obligations, the United States of America has retained in its national legislation the norms allowing for work in the field of biological weapons. Since the ratification of the Geneva Protocol of 1925, the United States was accompanied by a number of reservations. One of them allows the retaliatory use of chemical and toxin weapons," the military commander concluded.
Ivan Petrov
