Russia wants UN Security Council meeting over bioweapons

Created: 03/11/2022Updated: 03/11/2022 12:04 AM

Russia is calling for an emergency UN Security Council meeting.

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Russia claims that the United States and Ukraine should produce biological weapons.

The US rejects the allegation and fears that the Kremlin is planning a move with devastating consequences.

New York - According to Russia's wishes, the UN Security Council is to deal with biological weapons allegedly manufactured by the USA in Ukraine on Friday.

"The Russian mission has requested a Security Council meeting on March 11 to discuss US military-biological activities on the territory of Ukraine," Russian Deputy Ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyansky wrote on Twitter on Thursday.

Tweet by Dmitry Polyansky

There was initially no confirmation of the emergency meeting.

The background to this is Russia's accusation that the United States and Ukraine are developing biological weapons.

Only on Monday did the Russian Ministry of Defense claim that there was a network of biological laboratories in Ukraine working on behalf of the US Department of Defense.

However, international fact-checkers have long since invalidated this claim.

The UN also said it knew nothing about weapons of mass destruction allegedly produced in Ukraine.

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The United States sees the Russian claims as "propaganda" and a possible excuse to use weapons of mass destruction itself in the Ukraine war.

“Russia has made these new false claims.

We saw that China supported this propaganda.

And that's why we should be on the lookout for Russia possibly using chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine or launching a false flag operation," US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Jeffrey Prescott told the German Press Agency.

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