Bacteriological laboratoryMOSCOW, Mar 17 Project for the study of pathogens of dangerous diseases in Ukraine — Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, leptospirosis and hantaviruses — was supported by the United States because their use could be disguised as natural outbreaks of diseases, Igor Kirillov, head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection forces (RCBZ) of the RF Armed Forces, said at a briefing on Thursday. He told that the recipient of funds from the American side were the laboratories of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, located in Kyiv, Odessa, Lvov and Kharkov. danger of biolaboratories in Ukraine»It is no coincidence that these biolaboratories were chosen by the US Department of Defense Threat Reduction Administration (DTRA) and contractor Black and Veatch as executors of the UP-8 project, aimed at studying the pathogens of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, leptospirosis and hantaviruses The corresponding Pentagon request to attract Ukrainian laboratories to implement the project who is presented on the slide,” Kirillov said. “From our point of view, the interest of US military biologists is due to the fact that these pathogens have natural foci both in Ukraine and in Russia, and their use can be disguised as natural disease outbreaks . That is why this project received additional funding, and the deadlines for its implementation were extended,» he added. Ukraine
