Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu . Archival photoMOSCOW, May 24.NATO has turned Ukraine into a state hostile to Russia, making it an instrument of pressure on Moscow, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said. combat potential. Efforts were intensified for Ukraine to join NATO, deploy a coalition military infrastructure on its territory, and the country itself turned into a state hostile to us, used as an instrument of pressure on Russia,» he said at a video conference meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CSTO Shoigu recalled that «a network of more than 30 biological laboratories involved in the US military biological program» was formed on the territory of Ukraine. «It is documented that the research was carried out secretly, in violation of international obligations. In the immediate vicinity of our borders, in fact, components of biological weapons were created, methods of destabilizing the epidemiological situation were being worked out,» the minister said.
NATO Secretary General called on allies to increase military assistance to Ukraine
