Russian and Chinese news outlets have seized on a conspiracy theory that the US is operating biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine.
On March 2, Foreign Policy reported on a February post that said, "It certainly appears Putin is targeting the cities and locations with the US Biolabs present." He is going after the alleged bioweapons.
WarClandestine said that there was credible evidence that the US had bio weapons in Ukraine. According to Foreign Policy, the account was run by an individual named Jacob, who claimed to have served in the US military.
Citing information from various Twitter posts, the article claimed that US biological weapons laboratories are believed to have been targeted by Russian strikes.
The piece said that the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Odessa are being targeted by Russian attacks because of the presence of such facilities.
On February 26, the state-owned Russian news outlet Sputnik posted on Telegram what it claimed were some of the documents on US biolabs in Ukranian.
The Americans call these laboratories and centers for the fight against dangerous diseases, but strangely, people living nearby began to get sick often. There are diseases uncharacteristic for this area.
China's state-linked CGTN media channel ran an article on Monday titled: "Russia reveals evidence of U.S.-funded bio- program in Ukraine." The piece included a graphic filled with hazard signs supposedly marking the location of US-funded.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said during a news conference that the laboratories in Ukraine contained a large quantity of dangerous viruses.
What is the intent of the US? The international community has long had doubts about it. We urge the US to give a full account of its biological military activities at home and abroad.
—Spokesperson发言人办公室 (@MFA_China) March 8, 2022
The US does not operate any biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine according to two fact-checking websites.
Under the Department of Defense's Biological Threat Reduction Program, the US works with Ukraine. According to the US Embassy in Ukraine's website, the program aims to ensure that Ukraine can detect and report outbreaks caused by dangerous pathogens before they pose security or stability threats.
In May, the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that the US was conducting biological warfare and bioterrorism while also funding labs studying genetic engineering technology worldwide. There were 16 US-linked laboratories in Ukraine.
There are a lot of conspiracy theories on Weibo. Users on Weibo have baselessly claimed that Ukraine set fire to its nuclear plant.
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