US warns of possible Russian chemical attack in Ukraine

The Biden administration publicly warned Wednesday local time that Russia might seek to use chemical or biological weapons in UkraineWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki warned of the potential use of chemical weapons in Ukraine after Moscow alleged the United States was housing biological weapons in Ukrainian territoryPsaki rubbished the claim and said Russias allegations are false and preposterous She further warned it could serve as a pretext for the Russians to deploy chemical weapons in their assault on UkraineIn a series of Tweets the spokeswoman noted that the false claim that the US has biological weapons labs and chemical weapons development facilities in Ukraine was also echoed by Chinese officialsThis is all an obvious ploy by Russia to try to justify its further premeditated unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine Now that Russia has made these false claims and China has seemingly endorsed this propaganda we should all be on the lookout for Russia to possibly use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine or to create a false flag operation using them Its a clear pattern Psaki saidIts the kind of disinformation operation weve seen repeatedly from the Russians over the years in Ukraine and in other countries which have been debunked and an example of the types of false pretexts we have been warning the Russians would invent Psaki wroteAlso Russia has a track record of accusing the West of the very violations that Russia itself is perpetrating In December Russia falsely accused the US of deploying contractors with chemical weapons in Ukraine she continuedMaria Zakharova a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman claimed Russia discovered evidence of a program to develop anthrax and other biological weapons run by the United States in Ukraine She alleged the program was backed by the PentagonThis Russian disinformation is total nonsense and its not the first time Russia has invented such false claims against another country State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement Also these claims have been debunked conclusively and repeatedly over many yearsAt least 516 civilians have been killed and 908 others injured in Ukraine since Russia launched the war against its neighbour according to UN figures with the real toll feared to be higherMore than 21 million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries according to the UN Refugee AgencyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever