OREANDA-NEWS Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the threat of Ukraine creating nuclear weapons and their means of delivery, TASS reports. The head of the military department stressed that the activities of biological laboratories in Ukraine involved in the US military biological program were carried out in secret, which is a violation of international obligations.

There is a real threat that Ukraine will create nuclear weapons and their means of delivery. A network of more than 30 biological laboratories involved in the US military biological program was formed on its territory. It is documented that the research was carried out secretly, in violation of international obligations, he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier that the goal of US laboratories in the post-Soviet space is to collect biomaterials and study the specifics of the spread of viruses. The head of state recalled that the Russian Federation had long sounded the alarm regarding the military biological activities of the United States in the countries of the former USSR.

Russia will continue the special operation until the tasks are completed, despite sanctions and Western assistance to Ukraine, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said during a meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers. According to him, the Russian Armed Forces are slowing down the pace of the offensive so that civilians can evacuate. For this, silence regimes are announced and humanitarian corridors are being created.

Of course, this slows down the pace of the offensive, but this is done deliberately in order to avoid civilian casualties,” he added.