Moscow, citing captured document, claims Pentagon contractor planned to study deadly Ebola virus in Ukraine
Metabiota, a company backed by Hunter Biden’s fund, had set its sights on southwestern Ukraine to search for the deadly Ebola virus, which is endemic to parts of Africa, the Russian Defense Ministry has claimed. in his Friday briefing. Military officials cited a document allegedly captured by Russian troops in the Eastern European country.
The Mechnikov National University, located in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa, was reportedly chosen by the American firm for its program.
The Russian military says its troops captured a document in Ukraine compiled by the Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency – a body tasked with combating weapons of mass destruction. Covering the period from 2005 to 2016, the report allegedly outlines plans for the further development of military projects in Ukraine.
Metabiota and its involvement in the Ebola virus are also listed in the document, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
According to the ministry, Metabiota, a Pentagon contractor, had previously been involved in managing the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. However, the company’s main purpose was supposedly to collect « very virulentstrains of the virus and transport them to the United States.
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The Russian military went on to say that, given the « clear gapbetween Metabiota’s activities and the actual fight against the deadly disease, Jarbas Barbosa, then deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which is a branch of the World Health Organization (WHO), would have recommended that company personnel be withdrawn. The official was said to be concerned that cooperation with the American company would damage the reputation of the WHO.
« Since the disease is not endemic and, moreover, has never been identified in Ukraine, a logical question arises as to the need for such research and its real objectives,Russian Defense Ministry officials noted.
Moscow claims that all this is « as part of the American strategy of transferring research on particularly dangerous pathogens to third countries.”
Russian officials have also suggested that American society should familiarize themselves with the story and possibly raise questions regarding US government activities, which are apparently in violation of the Biological Weapons Convention.
This is not the first time that officials in Moscow have accused the United States of conducting secret studies involving deadly viruses and bacteria on Ukrainian soil.
Washington has consistently dismissed these claims as false.
