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Biological Threat Reduction Program 

May 25, 2022

 Inside the Ukrainian facility at the heart of Russia's "biological war lab" disinformation ploy 

                                CBS News visited a DTRA-assisted biolab in Kyiv to debunk the conspiracy theories that they are biological weapons facilities.             

March 9, 2022

 In Ukraine, U.S.-Military-Linked Labs Could Provide Fodder for Russian Disinformation 

                                "US officials are trying to prevent the Russian military from capturing pathogens stored in US-affiliated research labs in Ukraine, where they could potentially mischaracterize activities at the facilities."            

March 5, 2022

 The 46 US Labs in Ukraine and the $200 Pentagon Program That Sparked a Propaganda War: 

                                "A Pentagon program meant to secure and dismantle weapons of mass destruction across 46 Ukrainian laboratories has helped fuel a propaganda war accusing the US of funding bioweapons research."            

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