"US experiments": Russian Defense Ministry scares Russians arthropod and Congo-Crimean fever
About it reports the Russian edition "Interfax" with reference to the statement of the chief of troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection (RCBZ) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Igor Kirilov at a briefing, as well as "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" and "Izvestia". "Representatives of the Institute (infectious diseases of US Land Forces-Ed. ) Actively conducted (in Ukraine-ed. ) Projects under the code name UP-1 and UP-8.
Within these projects, they studied the possibility of using arthropods to spread rickettsia . ), the tick-borne encephalitis virus, as well as the pathogens of the Congo-Crimean Hemorrhagic Fever and Huntaviruses, "Igor Kirilov said. Kirilov does not make such statements for the first time. In March 2022, he argued that the UP-1 project for the study of rickettsias and tick-borne encephalitis virus would be launched in the arthropods in the northwest of Ukraine.
Kirilov spoke about the Congo-Crimean fever last July, stating that Germany allegedly conducted "screening of the local population in Ukraine to the Congo-Crimean fever" in order to identify new regional virus genotypes. "Projects of the US military agency (in different countries - ed.
) Are aimed primarily at the study of potential agents of biological weapons - anthrax, tularemia, coronaviruses, as well as pathogens of economically significant infections - pathogenic flu, African swine plague," he said. Recall that the Russian Federation stated that the US Department of Energy allegedly recruited specialists in Ukraine with experience and knowledge in the field of weapons of mass destruction.