Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Israeli raids targeted a cement plant, an asphalt factory, and fuel tanks in the Ansar area in South Lebanon
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: A series of violent Israeli raids targeted the outskirts of the town of Ansar
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Israeli warplanes raided the outskirts of the town of Shmestar in Bekaa, eastern Lebanon
Donald Trump will speak with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday: White House
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in South Lebanon: Israeli warplanes raid the town of Bnaafoul, Saida district
YAF: Israeli enemy will pay for this crime.
Yemeni Armed Forces: Son of Major General Al-Ghamari martyred alongside him in Israeli aggression.
Yemeni Armed Forces: YAF mourns martyrdom of Chief of the General Staff Mohammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Palestinian shot and killed by IOF east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in South Lebanon: Occupation forces opened machine gun fire toward outskirts of Aitaroun as locals headed for olive harvest.

Russia: Germany involved in 'military biological activities' in Ukraine

  • By Al Mayadeen net
  • Source: RT
  • 17 Apr 2022 16:12
  • 3 Shares
5 Min Read

According to Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, Berlin coordinated its biodefense operations with its US partners.

  • x
  • Russia: Germany involved in
    Director of the Foreign Ministry Information and Press Department Maria Zakharova (TASS)

During an interview with RT, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova revealed details that indicate Germany is involved in "military biological activities" in Ukraine.

She discussed in detail how Russian forces uncovered documents detailing the bio-military program implemented by the US Defence Department in Ukraine. 

The program's experts were looking for the most hazardous infections - possible biological agents for biological weapons with natural focuses in both Ukraine and Russia. They were also looking at how diseases spread using these chemicals. The scope of the project makes it clear that a significant, and maybe the most essential, portion of information about the American military effort remains hidden from the world community.

Zakharova added that during press conferences on March 7, 10, 17, 24, and 31, Chief of the Russian Armed Forces' Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defence Forces Igor Kirillov outlined US bio-military actions in Ukraine based on data collected during the Armed Forces of Russia's SMO in Ukraine.

Read more: Russian forces find 30 biological labs in Ukraine, possible for bioweapons

 

When asked what role Russia is playing in pressuring the US for clarification about its cooperation with Ukraine in military biological warfare, the spokesperson stated that Washington does not seem willing to share any details.

According to her, the US believes that offense is the best defense and has started yet another propaganda campaign based on the erroneous claim that her country's efforts to attract world attention to the operations of US military scientists in Ukraine are nothing more than a smokescreen.

"This crude attempt by the US to divert public attention from this dangerously explosive issue of US-controlled biological laboratories in Ukraine and to drown it in this 'apocalyptic sensation' was – at first glance unexpectedly – strongly supported by German political leadership. A number of leading German politicians and top officials, including Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz, have released statements that mimic the US narrative in the form of righteous threats and warnings directed at Russia," she added.

Related News

US, 'Israel' employing NGOs in espionage operations: Sayyed al-Houthi

Global arms bans isolate 'Israel', yet its war machine keeps running

Details of the involvement

Zakharova revealed that Germany, along with the US, had been conducting military biological operations in Ukraine for years. 

When asked about the details of the program, Zakharova listed the following facts:

- The German Government has been implementing the German Biosecurity Programme (GBP) since 2013, under the auspices of the German Federal Foreign Office, which includes partnership projects with government agencies and research organizations in focus countries, of which Ukraine became a member in 2014, the year of Maidan.

- German scientists from the German Armed Forces Institute of Microbiology (Munich), the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (Greifswald-Riems Island), the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (Hamburg), and the Robert Koch Institute (Berlin) are involved in practical actions.

- Public materials show that the GBP's technical goals include and are not limited to "the gathering of epidemic intelligence in third countries, including with the use of big data technology, and developing the infrastructure of partner countries for handling dangerous biological agents."

- "The Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine in Kharkov has been the Institute of Microbiology of the German Armed Forces' main Ukrainian counterparty since 2016." The two institutes cooperate under the Ukrainian-German project titled "Initiative on Biological Safety and Biological Defence in the Management of the Zoonotic Risks at the Outer Borders of the European Union".

The Institute of Microbiology states in its materials that the study is tied to the "potential threat of biological terrorism" in Ukraine, despite the country's ongoing conflict in its eastern areas. Zakharova stated that it is obvious that this is a sneaky manner of sending a message about the DPR and LPR's suspected "involvement" in hatching preparations for the use of globally forbidden biological weapons. For a long time, the German military has been purposefully scaring their Ukrainian colleagues, psychologically putting them against the Donbass republics. Ukrainian biological safety experts are constantly present in medical biodefense conferences hosted by the Institute of Microbiology of the German Armed Forces.

Zakharova added that the Friedrich Loeffler Institute in Germany, which is in charge of the Riems Center for the Study of the Most Dangerous Viruses and Zoonotic Infections, works closely with the Ukrainian State Research Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics and Veterinary-Sanitary Expertise (Kiev), the State Scientific Control Institute of Bio-Technology and Strains of Microorganisms (Kiev), and the Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine. The Friedrich Loeffler Institute in Ukraine has focused on Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.

According to her, in 1944, Soviet scientists detected it for the first time on Russian Crimean land. There is clear proof that the institution commissioned its Ukrainian colleagues to collect samples of ectoparasite recipients of bats moved to the aforementioned Island of Riems in accordance with the established agreements.

The spokesperson revealed that as the operation continues, so will any additional information by the Russian Armed Forces. 

Zakharova urged German officials to "immediately stop spreading false allegations about our country's intentions to use weapons banned by international law. " Such statements, she added, will only help neo-Nazi battalions commit "horrible provocations and moral responsibility for their tragic consequences will be shared by Berlin."

  • Germany
  • Russia
  • United States
  • Ukraine
  • biological weapons
Russia & NATO

Russia & NATO

As the Draconian Western-led sanctions on Russia exacerbate the economic crisis worldwide, and as Russian troops gain more ground despite the influx of military aid into Ukraine, exposing US direct involvement in bio-labs spread across Eastern Europe and the insurgence of neo-Nazi groups… How will things unfold?

Most Read

Iran strikes secret Israeli-US bunker under Tel Aviv high-rise

Tel Aviv high-rise struck by Iran hid Site 81, secret US-Israeli base

  • Politics
  • 14 Oct 2025
Palestinian journalist Saleh al-Jaafarawi in an undated image in Gaza, occupied Palestine (Social media)

Gaza Palestinian journalist Saleh al-Jafarawi killed by collaborators

  • Politics
  • 12 Oct 2025
drop site

New report details extensive Israeli arson in Gaza after ceasefire

  • Politics
  • 13 Oct 2025
Illustration of fists breaking shackles, representing the liberation of Palestinian detainees from Israeli prisons. (Illustrated by: AL Mayadeen English/Batoul Chamas)

4 prominent Palestinian detainees to be freed: Who are they?

  • Palestine
  • 13 Oct 2025

Coverage

All
War on Gaza

Read Next

All
A person shops at a grocery store in Schaumburg, Ill., Thursday, September 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Economy

75% of Americans report higher costs despite Trump’s inflation claim

With the government shutdown now in its third week, a sign turns away tourists at the entrance to the Capitol Visitor Center, in Washington, Wednesday, October 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics

US judge blocks shutdown layoffs amid Trump threats to cut jobs

Bill Ackman speaks about higher education and Harvard University at the twenty-eighth annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, on May 6, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)
Politics

Bill Ackman donates $1 mln to anti-Mamdani PAC in NYC mayoral race

Members of the Pentagon press corp carry their belongings out of the Pentagon after turning in their press credentials, on October 15, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
US & Canada

Pentagon journalists vacate workspaces as new restrictions take effect

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS