Russia blames Ukraine for outbreaks of dangerous diseases

The Russian Ministry of Defense links the outbreak of a number of diseases with the work of biolabs in Ukraine, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, commanding officer of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of the Russian Armed Forces said.

The damage from highly pathogenic avian influenza exceeded 1.7 billion rubles in 2021

In addition, six million domestic birds were culled. At the same time, in European countries, the losses of the agricultural industry from avian flu amounted to about two billion euros.

Furthermore, the ministry considers it possible that the death of 70 people in the village of Peski of the Donetsk People’s Republic could be associated with Ukrainian biological laboratories, Igor Kirillov said.

He particularly referred to the outbreak of tuberculosis, which occurred in Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics in 2018.

The outbreak of the disease was caused by new multi-drug resistant strains, he stressed.