Regis Tremblay

Commander of Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Radiological Defence troops of the Russian Federation Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov talked about activities of the US biolaboratories in Ukraine during a briefing on September 3. "The U.S. has spent over $250 million on biological programs in Ukraine. The work was coordinated by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense (DTRA), the research was conducted under conditions of secrecy with limited access of Ukrainian professionals to information and premises. We are currently witnessing a change in the tactics of the U.S. administration in an attempt to withdraw this office, the activities of which have become the subject of an international investigation. According to available information, the functions of the customer of military-biological programs in the Central Asian region have been transferred to civilian specialised organisations, the work of which will be under control of the U.S. Navy, which is the most closed structure. In addition, the Pentagon intends to transfer unfinished programs in Ukraine as soon as possible to other post-Soviet countries, as well as to Eastern European states (such as Bulgaria, the Czech Republic) and Baltic countries. The expansion of the network of biolaboratories, which can be used to create and store components of biological weapons, poses a threat to the military security of the Russian Federation. Unlike the nuclear weapons the U.S. deploys on the territory of NATO partner countries, the Alliance's similar policy in the biological sphere allows it to approach our borders uncontrolled. This is the first issue we would like to emphasise. Secondly, the focus of the Pentagon's work does not correspond to the current problems of public health in Ukraine, the main of which are socially significant diseases: measles, rubella, tuberculosis, AIDS. At the same time, the customers from the U.S. are interested in a completely different nomenclature: cholera, tularemia, plague, Congo-Crimean fever and hantaviruses. These pathogens were studied as part of the so-called Ukrainian UP and Tap projects. U.S. military biologists are interested because these pathogens have natural foci both in Ukraine and Russia, while their use can be disguised as natural disease outbreaks. The activity of the biological laboratories that has been intensified since 2014 and the so-called Ukrainian healthcare system 'reforming' programme implemented by the United States have led to an unmanageable increase of hazardous and economically important infections morbidity. There has been noted an increase of rubella, diphtheria and tuberculosis cases in Ukraine. The incidence of measles has increased more than 100 times. The situation with African swine fever has significantly worsened, with total losses to the agricultural industry in Eastern European states from this disease exceeding 2.4 billion euros. As part of the efforts declared by the U.S. Defence Department to combat infectious diseases in Ukraine and ensure sanitary and epidemic well-being, neither humanitarian aid or treatment of the infected individuals is provided, nor vaccine prophylaxis is administered to the population." Full text of the briefing is available via the link https://telegra.ph/Briefing-on-the-upcoming-consultative-meeting-of-the-BTWC-member-States-09-03 #USA#Ukraine#ClassicalWar