The United States warns that Russia could use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine

United States warned this Wednesday that Russia could be planning the use of chemical or biological weapons in Ukraineunder the pretext of responding to an alleged threat in the country that, he assured, is “false.”

The White House spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, issued this warning in response to Russian accusations that the United States is financing an alleged biological-military program developed in Ukraine.

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“Now what Russia has made these false accusations, and that China seems to have endorsed that propagandaeveryone we should be alert to the possibility of Russia using chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine”, wrote Psaki on his official Twitter account.

Moscow could also use those weapons as part of “a false flag operation”he added Psakireferring to a tactic of war in which one party to the conflict commits an act and makes it appear that the other party has done it.

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The spokeswoman reacted like this to the Russian government’s claims that it has uncovered in Ukraine evidence of an “emergency removal” of traces of an alleged military-biological program.

The spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkovassured that employees of those biological laboratories allegedly reported the destruction on February 24 of particularly dangerous pathogens such as plague, anthrax, tularemia, cholera and other deadly diseases.

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The UN assured this Wednesday that it has no evidence of the existence in Ukraine of illegal programs of chemical and biological weapons, and Psaki called those accusations “false” and “ridiculous.”

“This is the type of disinformation operation that we have seen over and over again that Russia been using for years Ukraine and other countries, which have been discredited, and an example of the kind of false pretenses we have warned the Russians would make up.”tweeted Psaki.

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The spokesman for president Joe Biden I affirm that The United States “Does Not Develop Or Possess” Chemical Or Biological Weapons “Anywhere“, and that “it is Russia that has a long history of using” this type of weapon prohibited by international conventions.

“This is all an obvious attempt by Russia to try to justify its premeditated, unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine”he stressed.

The spokesman for the US State Department, Ned Price, also called the Russian accusations “lies” in a statement, in which he assured that it is not the first time that Moscow “accuses the West of the same crimes that Russia itself is committing. ”.

“Our expectation is that Russia will continue to insist on these types of allegations with more unfounded accusations,” Price said, stressing that the United States “does not own or operate any chemical or biological laboratories in Ukraine.”

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Source: Elcomercio

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