State Department official acknowledges Ukraine bio-labs

The United States continues to dismiss as “Russian propaganda” the claim that Ukraine is developing biological weapons.

However, the U.S. State Department’s top Ukraine official made a startling admission to a Senate committee in response to Republican Sen. Marco Rubio’s question, “Does Ukraine have chemical or biological weapons?”

Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland did not deny or confirm that Ukraine has chemical or biological weapons. She apparently surprised the senator and the panel by acknowledging the European nation does have “biological research facilities” that are a source of concern amid the Russian invasion.

“Ukraine,” Nuland began, speaking slowly and deliberately, “has biological research facilities which, in fact, we are now quite concerned Russian troops, Russian forces may be seeking to gain control of,” said in response to a question from Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.

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Meanwhile, the National Pulse reported Wednesday that it recovered a deleted web article showing Barack Obama helped secure an agreement when he was a U.S. senator that led to the construction of biolabs in Ukraine handling “especially dangerous pathogens.” A level-3 bio-safety lab opened in the Ukrainian city of Odessa in 2010. – READ MORE