Moscow, according to a State Department spokesman, is spreading blatant disinformation and creating “conspiracy theories” in an attempt to justify its actions
The State Department said Wednesday that the Kremlin is “deliberately spreading blatant lies that the United States and Ukraine are engaged in chemical and biological weapons developments in Ukraine.” This was said in a statement by Ned Price, a State Department spokesman.
Price accused Moscow of spreading disinformation, expressing regret that these “conspiracy theories” have also been picked up by some officials in China.
“This is utter nonsense, and this is not the first time Russia has made such false accusations against other countries. Moreover, these allegations have been convincingly and repeatedly refuted over the years,” the statement said. – As we keep saying, Russia invents false pretexts in an attempt to justify its terrible actions in Ukraine. The United States does not own or operate chemical or biological laboratories in Ukraine, it fully complies with its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological Weapons Convention, without developing or possessing such weapons anywhere.
Russia, for its part, the statement said, is itself actively developing chemical and biological weapons and is in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological Weapons Convention.
“Finally, Russia has a track record of accusing the West of the very crimes that Russia itself commits. These tactics are an obvious ploy by Russia to try to justify further deliberate, unprovoked and unjustified attacks on Ukraine. We are confident that Russia will continue to make these kinds of claims with redoubled force with further unsubstantiated accusations,” the statement said.
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