DPRK accuses US of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine
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Pyongyang, like Beijing and Moscow, is accusing Washington of funding bioterrorism in Ukraine.
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North Korea accuses US of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine
North Korea accused the United States on Sunday of being behind the manufacturing of biological weapons in Ukraine, backing Russia's claims against Washington's biolabs.
KCNA said that Washington "has set up a number of biological laboratories in dozens of countries and regions, including Ukraine, defying international treaties."
North Korea, furthermore, stressed that Washington is an "evil sponsor of bioterrorism, wreaking havoc on humanity," accusing the US of waging a "bacterial war" in the Korean War of the 1950s.
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China, North Korea, and Russia have relayed such accusations in the past Most recently, as US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland admitted to having biological labs in Ukraine after Moscow began its military operation in Ukraine.
The US Department of Defense announced recently that it has provided support, over the past 20 years, to 46 laboratories, health institutions, and diagnostic centers in Ukraine, claiming that those were for "peaceful purposes."
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US military using Ukraine for biological programs: Security official
Moscow's indications that Ukraine was being used as a base for Washington's military biological programs were confirmed during Russia's special military operation, said Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev in June.
"During the operation, our suspicions were confirmed that Ukraine became a base for Washington’s military biological programs. Such US projects require particular attention of the civilized world because the Americans were the only ones who didn’t join the protocol on mutual control within the framework of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention," he stated, TASS reported.
A large body of evidence has already been acquired, according to the top security officer.
He added that "the accumulation of new facts on criminal breaches of international laws by the US and Ukraine continues on a persistent basis.”
Russia’s Investigative Committee concluded that the US has poured more than $224 million into biological research in Ukraine between 2005 and early 2022. Moscow added that Western pharmaceutical giants, nonprofits, and even the US Democratic Party all took part in the scheme.
