The Russian Defence Ministry earlier announced that the United States had poured money into biological research facilities in Ukraine, alleging they may have been used in order to create biological weapons and conduct bat coronavirus-related experiments. Among the goals of the biological research laboratories in Ukraine suspected of having been funded by the United States was the creation of bioagents... 

The data on the presence of US biolaboratories in Ukraine completely change the picture of Washington’s involvement in the crisis, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday, adding that these posed a direct threat to Russia. The diplomat recalled that Russia’s operation in Ukraine had started urgently. If the Ukrainian health ministry sent relevant instructions to...