According to the department, this was confirmed by the official statement of the Director of the Office of Scientific Research of the US Department of Energy, John Stephen Binkley, dated April 4, 2022MOSCOW, May 5.
/tass/. The US Department of Energy has been recruiting specialists in the field of weapons of mass destruction who previously worked in Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops (RCBZ) Russian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.
"Pay attention to the official statement of the Director of the Office of Scientific Research of the US Department of Energy, John Stephen Binkley, dated April 4, 2022. <...> The submitted document confirms that one of the activities of the Ministry of Energy is the recruitment of specialists who previously worked in Ukraine with experience and knowledge in the field of weapons of mass destruction," Kirillov said on Friday during a briefing on the analysis of documents related to the military biological activities of the United States.
According to him, the document emphasizes that the department will assist the Ukrainian side in restoring the curtailed dual-use research programs after the possible return of specialists.
"The key person involved in the implementation of projects of the US Ministry of Energy in Ukraine was the ex-employee of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Professor Richard Weller. He supervised the implementation of Ukrainian projects on the study of diseases that can be transmitted from animal to human on the basis of the Kiev Institute of Veterinary Medicine, as well as the Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine in Kharkiv," Kirillov explained.