Russia says Pentagon directly involved in bioweapon development in Ukraine

STORY: Russia says Pentagon directly involved in bioweapon development in Ukraine DATELINE: March 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of the Russian Defense Ministry 2 various of the Pentagon 3 various of the national flag of the United States 4 various of the Ukrainians fleeing Ukraine STORYLINE: The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Defense was directly involved in developing biological weapon components in Ukraine. According to the ministry's spokesman Igor Konashenkov, documents received from Ukrainian employees working at the laboratories were studied by Russian experts and have shown that Ukrainian biological projects were directly developed and approved by the Pentagon. One of these projects aimed to carry out molecular analysis of particularly dangerous infections endemic in Ukraine and involved sampling pathogens from old animal burial sites to obtain new anthrax strains. The document unveiled that a pharmaceuti