Western officials say they have ‘good reason’ to be concerned about possible use of non-conventional weapons in Ukraine
Britain fears that Russia could be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon in, after Kremlin officials alleged without firm evidence that the US had been supporting a bioweapons programme in the country.
Earlier on Wednesday, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russia had documents showing evidence that the US had supported a bioweapons programme in Ukraine, involving plague, cholera and anthrax. Washington and Kyiv both denied the claims, which the US said were “absurd”. Western officials have repeatedly made warnings about Russia’s possible use of particularly lethal weapons over the past two weeks, such aswhich cause severe damage to human bodies because of the intensity of their explosive blasts.
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