Fears of pretext move by Kremlin, as it also announces deployment of 16,000 foreign fighters to Ukraine
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Russia is preparing to put before the UN unfounded claims of a US-orchestrated biological weapon plot in Ukraine, as the Kremlin announced 16,000 foreign fighters from the Middle East would be sent to the eastern European country.
The UN security council is meeting on Friday at Russia’s request to discuss Moscow’s claim that the US-backed laboratories in Ukraine were working on biological weapons to target Russians. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, along with western military intelligence, fears Russia is preparing the ground for its own chemical weapon attack.
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