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US says Russia could use chemical weapons in Ukraine
The United States warned on Wednesday that Russia could be planning to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine.under the pretext of responding to an alleged threat in the country that, he assured, is “false.”
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki issued the warning in response to Russian accusations that the United States is funding an alleged military-biological program in Ukraine.
“Now that Russia has made these false accusations, and China appears to have endorsed that propaganda, we should all be vigilant about the possibility of Russia using chemical or biological weapons in UkrainePsaki wrote on his official Twitter account.
Now that Russia has made these false claims, and China has seemingly endorsed this propaganda, we should all be on the lookout for Russia to possibly use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, or to create a false flag operation using them. It’s a clear pattern.
– Jen Psaki (@PressSec) March 9, 2022
Moscow could also use such weapons as part of “a false flag operation”, Psaki added, referring to a tactic of warfare in which one party to a conflict commits an act and makes it appear as if the other party did it.
The spokeswoman reacted in this way to the affirmations of the Russian government that it has discovered in Ukraine evidence of an “emergency elimination” of traces of an alleged military-biological program.
The spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, He assured that employees of these biological laboratories supposedly reported the destruction on February 24 of particularly dangerous pathogens such as plague, anthrax, tularemia, cholera and other deadly diseases.
The HIM-HER-IT assured this Wednesday that has no record of the existence in Ukraine of illegal chemical and biological weapons programss, and Psaki dismissed those accusations as “false” and “ridiculous.”
“This is the type of disinformation operation that we have seen over and over again that Russia has been using for years in Ukraine and other countries, which have been discredited, and an example of the type of false pretenses that we have warned the Russians would make up,” Psaki tweeted.
President Joe Biden’s spokeswoman stated 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.
“All this is 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 this type of complaint with more unfounded accusationsPrice said, stressing that the United States “does not own or operate any chemical or biological laboratories in Ukraine.”