Recently, a spate of revelations about U.S. biomilitary cooperation programs in Ukraine have sparked strong international concern. The U.S. biomilitary activities in Ukraine are just the tip of the iceberg. In the name of "cooperation to reduce biosecurity risks" and "strengthening global public health," the U.S. has carried out biocollaborative projects in more than 30 countries around the world and controlled hundreds of biological laboratories. Many countries have called on the United States to clarify its biomilitary activities in Ukraine and around the world in a responsible manner, and to cease its exclusive opposition to the establishment of a verification mechanism for the Biological Weapons Convention.

　　According to the U.S. submission to the BWC Conference of the States Parties at the end of 2021, the U.S. has 26 laboratories and other cooperative facilities on the territory of Ukraine. The U.S. Department of Defense recently added that the number of U.S.-Ukraine cooperation laboratories is 46. The U.S. side claims it does not operate laboratories in Ukraine and occasionally sends personnel only to help the U.S. side ensure laboratory security, but the 2005 U.S.-Ukraine agreement shows that U.S. Defense Department representatives have the right to participate in all activities related to U.S. facilities, that all dangerous viruses in Ukraine must be stored in these laboratories and made available to the U.S. side upon request, and that the U.S. side is not allowed to disclose what the U.S. side identifies as "sensitive information ". The U.S. side's contradictory statements on the Ukrainian laboratory issue have sparked questions and criticism from the media in many countries, including the U.S. media.

　　On March 8, during a U.S. Senate hearing, Deputy Secretary of State Newland admitted that Ukraine has "biological research facilities" and that the U.S. is working with the Ukrainian side to prevent those "research materials" from falling into the hands of Russian forces. The Fox News report asked why the research conducted in those labs was "so dangerous and scary that Newland is 'very concerned' about research materials falling into the hands of the Russian military. And judging from Newland's answer, it's easy to assume that the research has military applications and that people are working on biological weapons. "Why would we fund something like this in Ukraine? Why go to great lengths to hide this from the American public?"

　　The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reported information about the U.S. Defense Department's involvement in a "biological threat reduction program" in Ukraine. The article notes that the U.S. is cooperating with a number of Ukrainian biological laboratories, providing direct material support and training Ukrainian health personnel in biosecurity and scientific instruction. According to a September 2020 report by a Ukrainian television station, atypical infectious diseases ravaged Ukraine in 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2015. A political commentator in the country said that if one maps out the locations and times of outbreaks, it is easy to see the fact that these places are home to biological laboratories.

　　Turkish National Television reported that although Ukraine and NATO deny establishing biological laboratories, Newland has acknowledged their existence. According to the TV station, Bulgarian journalist Gaitangieva was thrown out of the European Parliament four years ago after questioning U.S. officials about the bio-labs and being vilified for creating "fake news. Now that the U.S. has acknowledged the existence of the bio-lab, she once again posted an article asking, "Who is making fake news?"

　　The Turkish newspaper La Repubblica commented that the Russian revelations have exposed the "dirty work" of the United States in Ukraine. The information obtained by Russia confirms that these U.S. biological laboratories were set up to develop biological weapons. However, the dangerous information released to the world was, as expected, ignored by the Western media.

　　According to the Indian newspaper The Daily Telegraph, the international community's security concerns about the Ukrainian biological laboratories cannot be ignored. The United States claims that the pathogens in the lab are not part of a biological weapon, but unlike nuclear testing, materials used in biological weapons experiments are indistinguishable from normal scientific materials and therefore much easier to hide. Given the growing threat of biological weapons, it is important to take early steps to address it.

　　In an interview with the Russian newspaper "Kommersant," Chumakov, a Russian biologist, noted that the United States has many secret military laboratories around the world where research on biological weapons can be conducted. Chumakov noted that it makes much more sense to the U.S. side to conduct biological weapons experiments in third-world countries because some of the more dangerous research can be conducted in these laboratories, and even if some kind of leak occurs, the threat to the United States has been minimized.

　　Popov, a Russian expert on Central Asia, likewise believes that many of the U.S.-funded laboratories around the world could be used to experiment with and manufacture biological weapons. He said all laboratories are built, funded and managed according to a uniform program and are under the supervision of the U.S. Department of Defense. Staff at the U.S. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, the Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases and relevant military academies are involved in the labs' research work.

　　Saliev, a Kyrgyz political scientist, said the laboratories funded by the Pentagon for construction around the world have state-of-the-art equipment. They claim to be engaged in antiviral research, but may actually be developing "germ warfare" weapons.

　　Abdullah Agar, a security expert at Turkey's Bahçeşehir University, said the United States should make its biological laboratories in Ukraine as "transparent" as possible and fully clarify all details of their activities "before they drag the world into a dangerous process.

　　Syrian political analyst Danoura told the media that biological weapons, along with nuclear and chemical weapons, are weapons of mass destruction. If biological weapons get out of control, they can lead to epidemics that spread across the globe. The fact that the United States is the only country in history to have used nuclear weapons, that it also used chemical weapons in Vietnam, and that it opposes the establishment of a multilateral verification mechanism for the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) have raised concerns that its biomilitary activities threaten global security. According to Danula, the revelation of documents linking the spread of the New Coronavirus to U.S. biological laboratories has sparked much concern and discussion. "Why would the U.S. want to establish biological laboratories near countries like Russia? What is the motive behind conducting this extremely dangerous biological research?" According to O'Malley, an expert on Syrian politics, the U.S. has avoided committing to international agreements on limiting the proliferation of biological weapons, indicating a "deliberate concealment."

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