All the photos in the tweet try to portray a bioweapons cache. Your warning light should flash anytime a photo is not sourced. That is the case here, as the photo has nothing to do with bioweapons. It does not even look like bioweapons/2
In fact, this is a photo from a highly publicized visit by Senator Obama as a part of a US-UKR program to destroy old Soviet CONVENTIONAL weapons:/3
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…
The site is the Donestsk Chemical Plant located in the city of the same name. The area has been occupied by Russia since 2014. No tangible evidence of any bioweapon there was ever produced, a result that could be expected from what they manufactured./4
Moreover, the allegation that the US supported UKR to cover-up this is a bit ridiculous, since it was already in Russian possession for eight years. A bit late for a "cover-up."/5
The other major document in the Russian thread is a Zellensky memo supposedly ordering destruction of bioweapon documents. This has been debunked for months due to the numerous mistakes in the fake image:/6
euvsdisinfo.eu/report/zelensk…
The balance of the thread uses information that proves nothing but is spun to try to re-enforce this narrative. Too weak to bother to comment here. The allegations are nonsensical./7
Some logical issues also arise: Russia is hardly a champion in the war to fight bioweapon use or development. Remember that Russia is widely regarded as secretly continuing bioweapon work in violation of the internatl treaty:/8
thebulletin.org/2022/10/the-ru…
We should also recall Russia supporting and facilitating Assad's use of chemical weapons on civilians in Syria:/9
aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/4/…
"Despite Russian and Syrian efforts to bury the truth of what happened in Khan Shaykhun," the internatl agency was able to prove the use of sarin gas on civilians. /10
armscontrol.org/act/2021-09/fe…
Russia also supported Saddam Hussein who developed and used chemical weapons on civilians./11
nonproliferation.org/saddam-hussein…
Russia itself has used chemical weapons: "Russia has used chemical weapons during past conflicts, notably in Chechnya and Syria, in violation of international law." /12
news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…
Russia has "used small amounts of chemical weapons in assassinations or assassination attempts against dissidents, both in Russia, against Alexey Navalny, and in the U.K., against Sergei and Yulia Skripal." /13
news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…
Going back to the 2005 trip by Obama(D) and Lugar(R), they did visit an old SOVIET lab that contained anthrax and other bioweapon material. The purpose of the visit - and the result- was the destruction of this material./14
obamaspeeches.com/036-Non-Prolif…
So the entire notion of the US funding bioweapon labs in UKR - totally debunked for months- is a classic Russian propaganda lie./15
leadstories.com/hoax-alert/202…
They typically take known information and widely distort it to prove a narrative totally at odds with reality. Russia is hardly a means to reduce the threat of bioweapons, but is part of the threat itself as proven by its past experience./16
More information:
nti.org/analysis/artic…
I posted this one for the links, not their conclusions:
politifact.com/factchecks/202…
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