Unearthed documents show that the US was involved in funding Bio Labs in Ukraine as early as 2005, records show
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Posted On March 11, 2022
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On Tuesday, China demanded answers from the United States over Russian revelations that the US has thirty military bioweapon labs in Ukraine. US officials have repeatedly denied the allegations, calling fake news and Russia misinformation.
But in a recent interview (video below) with US Senator Mark Rubio on March 8, Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, admitted that Washington did provide assistance to these laboratories (but still avoided confirming accusations by Russia that Kyiv developed biological weapons there).
Ukraine has "biological research facilities," says Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland, when asked by Sen Rubio if Ukraine has biological or chemical weapons, and says she's worried Russia may get them. But she says she's 100% sure if there's a biological attack, it's Russia. pic.twitter.com/uo3dHDMfAS
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 8, 2022
Since the day of the interview, revelations from unearthed documents now show that the United States was more involved than let on.
Thanks to the work of the US Armed Forces’ Counterproliferation Center, a media clipping (also posted on Defense.gov) was preserved from 17 June 2010, telling how then-US Senator Richard Lugar “applauded the opening of the Interim Central Reference Laboratory (ICRL) in Odessa, Ukraine.”
The article, originally published by BioPrepWatch.com (now deleted but preserved in web archives, the Counterproliferation Center clippings, and Defense.gov), the facility was a level-3 bio-safety lab – meaning it was equipped to handle the most dangerous pathogens on Earth, such as anthrax and Q fever. It was specifically designed to research these pathogens, the article said citing the late senator.
“The continuing cooperation of Nunn-Lugar partners has improved safety for all people against weapons of mass destruction and potential terrorist use, in addition to advancements in the prevention of pandemics and public health consequences”, Lugar said at the time.
Below is a screenshot of the document which can also be found on Defense.gov (page 11 of 20).
However, talks about establishing the Interim Central Reference Laboratory (ICRL) in Ukraine did not start in 2010. It dates back even further – to 2005, according to an archived Nunn-Lugar Report edition from August that year (See full PDF file below).
Back then, Lugar and (at that time) fellow senator Barack Obama were coordinating efforts with Ukrainian authorities to study and help to prevent the spread of avian flu. Coincidentally, avian flu was one of the pathogens that Kyiv’s laboratories were studying in the context of the potential spread of dangerous pathogens via bird migration from Ukraine to Russia, Russian Defence Ministry findings suggested.
As SputnikNews also reported, eventually, Ukraine signed an agreement with the US under the Nunn–Lugar Act, which sought to remove weapons of mass destruction from the former soviet states, and agreed to the construction of a modern laboratory for handling and studying dangerous pathogens on its territory.
“Despite eventually admitting the presence of the US-funded bio laboratories in Ukraine, Victoria Nuland did not consider Russia’s accusations about experiments on modifying dangerous pathogens and turning them into biological weapons. At the same time, she said Washington was “quite concerned” with the prospect of Russian military seizing these laboratories during their special operation on the Ukrainian territory.”
Meanwhile, CIA Director William Burns claimed that Ukraine conducts no research on the dangerous pathogens that could be used in biological weapons. He dismissed the Russian military’s statements as “propaganda” and a possible pretext for “false flag operations.”
Yesterday, The World Health Organisation (WHO) called on Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in its laboratories – citing the need to prevent “accidental or deliberate release.”
Meanwhile, another public document from GovTribe.com, shows that the US government awarded $1.6 million to Science And Technology Center In Ukraine on Sep 16, 2021, for scientific research for “Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction” in Ukraine.
Below are other supporting documents
Biolab Opens In Ukraine by Tina Redlup
June 17, 2010
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar applauded the opening of the Interim Central Reference Laboratory in Odessa, Ukraine, this week, announcing that it will be instrumental in researching dangerous pathogens used by bioterrorists.
The level-3 bio-safety lab, which is the first built under the expanded authority of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program, will be used to study anthrax, tularemia and Q fever as well as other dangerous pathogens.
―The continuing cooperation of Nunn-Lugar partners has improved safety for all people against weapons of mass destruction and potential terrorist use, in addition to advancements in the prevention of pandemics and public health consequences,‖ Lugar said.
Lugar said plans for the facility began in 2005 when he and then Senator Barack Obama entered a partnership with Ukrainian officials. Lugar and Obama also helped coordinate efforts between the U.S and Ukrainian researchers that year in an effort to study and help prevent avian flu.
The Nunn-Lugar Act, which established the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, was established in 1991. Since that time it has provided funding and assistance to help the former Soviet Union dismantle and safeguard large stockpiles of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. The program has also been responsible for destroying chemical weapons in Albania, Lugar said.
http://www.bioprepwatch.com/news/213421-biolab-opens-in-ukraine
June 17, 2010
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar applauded the opening of the Interim Central Reference Laboratory in Odessa, Ukraine, this week, announcing that it will be instrumental in researching dangerous pathogens used by bioterrorists.
The level-3 bio-safety lab, which is the first built under the expanded authority of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program, will be used to study anthrax, tularemia and Q fever as well as other dangerous pathogens.
―The continuing cooperation of Nunn-Lugar partners has improved safety for all people against weapons of mass destruction and potential terrorist use, in addition to advancements in the prevention of pandemics and public health consequences,‖ Lugar said.
Lugar said plans for the facility began in 2005 when he and then Senator Barack Obama entered a partnership with Ukrainian officials. Lugar and Obama also helped coordinate efforts between the U.S and Ukrainian researchers that year in an effort to study and help prevent avian flu.
The Nunn-Lugar Act, which established the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, was established in 1991. Since that time it has provided funding and assistance to help the former Soviet Union dismantle and safeguard large stockpiles of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. The program has also been responsible for destroying chemical weapons in Albania, Lugar said.
http://www.bioprepwatch.com/news/213421-biolab-opens-in-ukraine
Below is the PDF document from 2005.
Below is another PDF version of the document from Defense.gov (Page 11 of 20)
