{"id":233264,"date":"2023-04-10T12:01:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T11:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=233264"},"modified":"2023-04-10T05:47:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T04:47:50","slug":"us-resumes-biolab-program-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/04\/us-resumes-biolab-program-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"US Resumes Biolab Program in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subtitle\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>&#8220;Despite the forced pause&#8230; the program has now been resumed&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_233266\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Biolab-material-ukraine-usa.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233266\" class=\"wp-image-233266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Biolab-material-ukraine-usa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Biolab-material-ukraine-usa.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Biolab-material-ukraine-usa-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-233266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Biolab material. Apr. 7, 2023. | Photo: Twitter\/@bythesfbay<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"txt_newworld\">\n<p><em>7 Apr 2023 &#8211;<\/em> The Russian Defense Ministry has asserted that the United States has recommenced its contentious biological laboratories (biolab) initiative within the territory of Ukraine, with a primary focus on the construction of secretive new facilities and the training of personnel.<\/p>\n<p>During a media briefing held today, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the commander of Russia&#8217;s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Forces, presented a new collection of documents regarding purportedly US-funded biological programs in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>During the briefing, Kirillov stated: &#8220;Despite the forced pause pertaining to the Russian special military operation (in Ukraine), (the US\u2019) activities under the program have now been resumed. The main tasks at this stage are to continue the construction of biological laboratories in Ukraine, as well as expand the format for training Ukrainian biologists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kirillov referenced the meeting minutes of October 20, 2022, wherein delegates from the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), several Ukrainian dignitaries, and representatives from Jacobs\/CH2M engineering firm were in attendance. The reported agenda of the meeting pertained to the recommencement of biological research activities in Ukraine, which had been temporarily halted in the context of the conflictual situation between Moscow and Kiev.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russia \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa headline: Russia Today<\/p>\n<p>US resumes biolabs program in Ukraine \u2013 Russian MOD<\/p>\n<p>Washington is constructing secretive new facilities and is training personnel, Moscow has claimed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Z0zKofzoK\" >pic.twitter.com\/7Z0zKofzoK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MiniTrue Archive (@MiniTrueArchive) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiniTrueArchive\/status\/1644388222880063489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >April 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, the project has been resumed with focus on renewal of legislative support, revision of training schedule, as well as conclusion and resumption of construction work,\u201d the Ukrainian-language protocol stated, citing Jacobs\/CH2M\u2019s David Smith.<\/p>\n<p>According to the document, it was revealed that the program which was originally referred to as \u201cJoint Biological Research\u201d has been renamed as \u201cBiological Control Research.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Kirillov, the United States has undertaken measures to mitigate any risks of information leakage stemming from Ukrainian experts concerning the authentic essence of the Biological research programs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"China denounces death of almost a million people at the hands of the U.S.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tpFzm66CVq4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/US-Resumes-Biolab-Program-in-Ukraine-20230407-0008.html\" >Go to Original &#8211; telesurenglish.net<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7 Apr 2023 &#8211; During a media briefing held today, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the commander of Russia&#8217;s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Forces, presented a new collection of documents regarding US-funded biological programs in Ukraine. &#8220;Despite the forced pause&#8230; the program has now been resumed&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":233266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[1161,960,417,1189,244,1035,1126,1050,2462,112,818,278,880,961,70,1594,875],"class_list":["post-233264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-militarism","tag-arms-industry","tag-balkans","tag-bullying","tag-chemical-weapons","tag-china","tag-eastern-europe","tag-hegemony","tag-imperialism","tag-military-industrial-media-complex","tag-pentagon","tag-proxy-war","tag-russia","tag-state-terrorism","tag-ukraine","tag-usa","tag-war-economy","tag-wmd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233267,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233264\/revisions\/233267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}