More ugly facts about Western nations to surface after operation in Ukraine - diplomat - TASS

Russia’s special operation in Ukraine will reveal more ugly facts like those about the United States’ military biological activities in the post-Soviet space, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said on Sunday.

"The West understands it perfectly well that as combat operations continue and the potential of the Ukrainian army decreases, the positions of the Kiev authorities will weaken but they want to keep these positions at any cost. Second, they understand its perfectly well that if and when the goals of the special military operation are attained, a lot of ugly facts, which are kept secret so far, will surface, not only about military biological activities, but about many other things," he said in an interview with the Rossiya-1 television channel.

According to the Russian diplomat, it is ridiculous to try to deny the United States’ military biological activities in Ukraine saying that the United Nations doesn’t confirm them. "It is ridiculous because military biological developments <…> are secret a priori. Those who engage in such activities never report to anyone, including the United States," he explained.

He called on the Western nations and Ukraine to stop accusing Moscow for propaganda without any grounds. In his words, if they claim that Russia’s information is not true, they should provide evidence to prove their claims. "If you can refute what we have presented, please do it. But stop accusing us without any grounds of indulging in propaganda, because we have shared concrete facts," he stressed.

Chief of Russia’s radiation, chemical and biological protection force, Igor Kirillov, said earlier that a network of more than 30 biological laboratories was set up in Ukraine, contracted by the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). According to Kirillov, on February 24, all these laboratories received an order from the Ukrainian Health Ministry to completely dispose of biological agents stockpiled in those laboratories.