The work was ordered by the US Department of Defense Office of Military Threat Reduction, Igor Kirillov, head of the Russian Armed Forces’ radiation, chemical and biological protection troops, has said earlier
“It cannot be ruled out that US biolaboratories in Ukraine were developing biological warfare technologies, a direct threat to Russia’s security”, – Igor Korotchenko, a military expert and editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, told RIA Novosti.
According to Korotchenko, this work was clearly military-applied, and it cannot be ruled out that certain operations and technologies, including biological warfare, were being experimented with and developed.
“This was a direct, clear and immediate threat to Russia’s security. Obviously, Russia should raise this issue in international organizations, including the UN, and demand an appropriate international response”, – Korotchenko said.
According to the expert, the US is now doing everything to conceal the nature of these works.
“This once again confirms the need to eliminate such facilities in any CIS countries where they exist in the post-Soviet space.”