Wang Yiwei/Wen On March 11, 2022, the War between Russia and Ukraine entered its sixteenth day.
The day before, on March 10, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kureba held talks for about 90 minutes in Antalya, Turkey, where the two sides failed to reach a decision on a ceasefire and there was no significant progress on other issues.
Speaking at a news conference after the talks, Lavrov said he had discussed with Kureba the possibility of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskiy. He accused Ukrainian "nationalists" of using civilians as "human shields," warned "those who send weapons to Ukraine and send mercenaries," and stressed that Russia did not invade Ukraine, "which we have explained many times because Russia's security is directly threatened."
Kureba described "the talks with Lavrov as very difficult" and stressed that "Ukraine has not surrendered and will not surrender."
It is reported that after the talks between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers, the fourth round of talks between the two sides may be held later, still in Belarus.
Because Ukraine has many nuclear facilities, including nuclear power plants, the shadow of nuclear weapons has lingered since the beginning of the war.
On March 9, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kerebba tweeted that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant grid had been damaged and that "a backup diesel generator can provide 48 hours of electricity to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant." After this, the cooling system of the spent nuclear fuel storage facility will be stopped, and radiation leakage is imminent. ”
In response, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Pankov said that it was Ukrainian nationalists who attacked the power grid equipment that supplied the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
On March 10, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Grabchak told Russian media that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant had restored power supply with the help of Belarusian power engineers.
Another sensitive location is the Institute of Physics and Technology in the city of Kharkiv. The academy has an experimental neutron source reactor with 37 nuclear fuel elements in its active area. On March 6, the Ukrainian State Security Service issued a message saying that the academy had been attacked by Russian rockets, at least one shell hit the academy, and the side of the academy building was damaged. The Russian Defense Ministry alleged in a statement: "Militants from Ukraine's National Security Service and Azov Battalion are planning to blow up the reactor and accuse the Russian armed forces of a missile attack on the experimental nuclear facility." The Russian Defense Ministry said that once such a "false flag" incident occurs, it is possible to cause radioactive pollution to the area.
The misfortune is that the shadow of the nuclear is lingering, and the shadow of the creature follows.
On March 10, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov said at a news conference: "The United States has conducted bat coronavirus sample experiments in biological laboratories in Ukraine. ”
On the same day, Lieutenant General Kirillov, commander of the Russian military's "three defenses" (anti-radiation, chemical and biological weapons) forces, introduced the details of the military and biological programs implemented by the United States and its NATO allies in Ukraine at a press conference. He said the UP-4 project, which is controlled by the United States, involves laboratories in Kiev, Kharkov and Odessa. The goal is to study the potential for the transmission of particularly dangerous viruses through migratory birds, including the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, which has a 50% fatality rate in humans. Due to Ukraine's unique geographical location, the migration routes of birds traverse Eurasia, so 145 biological species were studied within the framework of the project. In addition, the U.S. P-781 program in Ukraine considers bats as carriers for potential biological weapons agents. The project includes research on bacterial and viral pathogens that can be transmitted from bats to humans: plague, leptospirosis, brucellosis and filariavirus.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov also mentioned this issue on the same day. He said at a news conference after talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Ileba Kureba: "What the Pentagon is doing in the biological laboratory is outrageous. "(Although) I don't have data on the fact that they have used this weapon." But there is no doubt that these are not peaceful experiments at all, but experiments aimed at making biological weapons. Moreover, [these experiments] targeted race, which is almost beyond doubt. ”
Biological research and experiments conducted by the United States around the world, including Ukraine, have also attracted great attention from China. On March 10, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in response to questions at a regular news conference that the international community has long been seriously concerned about U.S. biological military activities. What exactly did the United States do at its Fort Detrick base, its 336 biological laboratories outside its borders, and does it comply with the provisions of the Biological Weapons Convention? The international community knows nothing about this.
Zhao Lijian said that if the United States does abide by the Biological Weapons Convention, why has the United States exclusively opposed the establishment of a multilateral verification mechanism for 20 years? Since the US side mentioned the Chemical Weapons Convention, why not tell the world in passing that the United States is the only country that still possesses chemical weapons? The international community has repeatedly demanded that the United States complete the destruction of its stockpiled chemical weapons as soon as possible. Regrettably and concerned, however, the destruction of chemical weapons in United States stockpiles has been overdue twice.
In the face of information from the Russian side, the reaction of the United States was to deny it and hit a rake. On March 9, White House Press Secretary Psaki sent eight tweets accusing Russia of engaging in "disinformation operations." On March 10, the WeChat account of the U.S. Embassy in China retweeted parts of Psaki's tweet. Psaki tweeted: "(Russia's accusations) are ridiculous. "The United States fully complies with its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Biological Weapons Convention and has not developed or possessed such weapons anywhere." "It is Russia's long-standing and well-documented use of chemical weapons." "We should all be mindful that Russia may use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, or use them to create a false flag operation."
In the early hours of March 11, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy issued a statement via social media saying that Ukraine had not developed any chemical weapons or other weapons of mass destruction, and the world knew about it.
On the topic of U.S. biological experiments in Ukraine, perhaps as the war progresses, Russia will release more information. But one thing is that the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov said that the United States has conducted bat coronavirus sample experiments in Ukraine, which really pokes at the most sensitive nerves in Chinese.
Sooner or later, the truth of this question may come to light, and perhaps we will never be able to know the truth.