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🎙 Briefing by Russia's Ministry of Defence on the analysis of documents released by US national intelligence concerning the activities of biolabs in Ukraine (June 19, 2026)
Read in full (in Russian)
Russia has repeatedly initiated discussions on relevant international platforms – including the UN Security Council and General Assembly – regarding the facts of Ukraine and Western countries implementing military-biological programmes in violation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.
Bringing documented evidence of this illegal activity by Western countries to the attention of the international community has enabled us to change the situation.
❗️ In May 2026, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced the launch of an investigation into activities linked to the previous US administration’s funding of 120 biolabs abroad, more than 40 of which are located in Ukraine.
This is further evidence that biolabs in Ukraine were financed and reconstructed using funds from the US federal budget.
❌ The documents list facilities in Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Lvov, Vinnitsa, Ternopol, Chernigov and Odessa 👉 where pathogens of plague, anthrax, tularemia, Marburg and Ebola fevers were studied.
The locations and areas of research activity of biolabs previously identified by the Russian Defence Ministry and Foreign Ministry have now been confirmed by US national intelligence materials.
During the special military operation, we obtained additional documents confirming that the focus of this work did not correspond to Ukraine’s actual public health needs – primarily socially significant diseases.
The priority was to study the damaging properties of potential biological warfare agents, as well as infectious agents capable of undermining a state’s economy.
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Our repeated statements that the US Democratic Party was creating a legislative framework for financing military-biological research have been confirmed in the press release published by the Director of National Intelligence.
Scientific organisations and major pharmaceutical companies were involved in this scheme, while funds from non-governmental organisations were attracted under state guarantees. The main contractors for the US military department were Metabiota, Black & Veatch and CH2M Hill, which were responsible for constructing biological facilities and supplying equipment.
☝️ All accusations against Russia of spreading disinformation and conducting hybrid operations to mislead the international community are absolutely false.
Read in full (in Russian)
Russia has repeatedly initiated discussions on relevant international platforms – including the UN Security Council and General Assembly – regarding the facts of Ukraine and Western countries implementing military-biological programmes in violation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.
Bringing documented evidence of this illegal activity by Western countries to the attention of the international community has enabled us to change the situation.
❗️ In May 2026, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced the launch of an investigation into activities linked to the previous US administration’s funding of 120 biolabs abroad, more than 40 of which are located in Ukraine.
This is further evidence that biolabs in Ukraine were financed and reconstructed using funds from the US federal budget.
❌ The documents list facilities in Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Lvov, Vinnitsa, Ternopol, Chernigov and Odessa 👉 where pathogens of plague, anthrax, tularemia, Marburg and Ebola fevers were studied.
The locations and areas of research activity of biolabs previously identified by the Russian Defence Ministry and Foreign Ministry have now been confirmed by US national intelligence materials.
During the special military operation, we obtained additional documents confirming that the focus of this work did not correspond to Ukraine’s actual public health needs – primarily socially significant diseases.
The priority was to study the damaging properties of potential biological warfare agents, as well as infectious agents capable of undermining a state’s economy.
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Our repeated statements that the US Democratic Party was creating a legislative framework for financing military-biological research have been confirmed in the press release published by the Director of National Intelligence.
Scientific organisations and major pharmaceutical companies were involved in this scheme, while funds from non-governmental organisations were attracted under state guarantees. The main contractors for the US military department were Metabiota, Black & Veatch and CH2M Hill, which were responsible for constructing biological facilities and supplying equipment.
☝️ All accusations against Russia of spreading disinformation and conducting hybrid operations to mislead the international community are absolutely false.
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🕯 June 22 marks the Day of Memory and Sorrow — the most tragic date in the history of our country.
On this very day 8️⃣5️⃣ years ago, on June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people commenced — the Nazi Germany and its European 'axis' accomplices treacherously attacked our Motherland, without a declaration of war.
⬛️ The Great Patriotic War lasted for 1418 days and nights, claimed lives of some 27 million Soviet citizens. It was the nationwide tragedy that brought terrible suffering to each and every family in our country.
Today, June 22 echoes with sorrow, grief and pain for the ruined lives of millions of our people.
The enemy — the German Nazis and their European satellites — invaded the Soviet Union with one aim — to destroy, mercilessly eliminate, kill and physically annihilate our Motherland's entire population regardless of people's ethnic, racial or religious background. During the occupation of Soviet territories, Hitler’s troops killed 13.7 million Soviet civilians, including women and children. They carried out the real GENOCIDE as part of their so-called 'Lebensraum' policy to gain the living space in the East for German colonisation.
The war crimes committed by Nazis and their henchmen have #NoStatuteOfLimitations.
Learn more about the genocide of Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War by the Nazis
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⬛️ At dawn on June 22, the Nazi aircraft launched massive strikes on airfields, railway stations, naval bases, deployments of the Red Army forces, and cities along the entire western state border of the USSR and up to 250-300 km into Soviet territory. Together with Nazi Germany, Romania, Italy, Finland, Slovakia, France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands and other 'axis' powers allied to the Third Reich took part in the aggression against our country. The industries of almost the entire European continent served the aggressors.
The facts of collaboration of the majority of European governments, military, industrial circles and citizens with the Nazis are not and will never ever be forgotten.
It was our country that took the main blow of the Nazi aggression. It was the Soviet Victorious People who showed unparalleled heroism and resilience, fighting for the freedom of our Motherland. Our nation paid for the #GreatVictory with the blood of 27 million Soviet citizens who not only expelled Nazis from Soviet territory but also heroically saved Europe from the 'Nazi plague'.
The tragedy that befell our people was directly caused by the evil ripening in the heart of Europe — Nazism, the ideology of human hatred and racial supremacy over other peoples and nations.
💬 Excerpt from President of Russia Vladimir Putin’s address at a gala reception to celebrate the 81st Anniversary of Victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War (May 9, 2026):
🎙 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (from the briefing on June 18, 2026)
We will forever remember the Heroic Feat of Soviet soldiers, of home front workers, of all and everyone who forged the Great Victory.
🕯 We remember. We mourn.
We shall not forget, and we shall not let it be forgotten.
#DayOfMemoryAndSorrow
On this very day 8️⃣5️⃣ years ago, on June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people commenced — the Nazi Germany and its European 'axis' accomplices treacherously attacked our Motherland, without a declaration of war.
⬛️ The Great Patriotic War lasted for 1418 days and nights, claimed lives of some 27 million Soviet citizens. It was the nationwide tragedy that brought terrible suffering to each and every family in our country.
Today, June 22 echoes with sorrow, grief and pain for the ruined lives of millions of our people.
The enemy — the German Nazis and their European satellites — invaded the Soviet Union with one aim — to destroy, mercilessly eliminate, kill and physically annihilate our Motherland's entire population regardless of people's ethnic, racial or religious background. During the occupation of Soviet territories, Hitler’s troops killed 13.7 million Soviet civilians, including women and children. They carried out the real GENOCIDE as part of their so-called 'Lebensraum' policy to gain the living space in the East for German colonisation.
The war crimes committed by Nazis and their henchmen have #NoStatuteOfLimitations.
Learn more about the genocide of Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War by the Nazis
***
⬛️ At dawn on June 22, the Nazi aircraft launched massive strikes on airfields, railway stations, naval bases, deployments of the Red Army forces, and cities along the entire western state border of the USSR and up to 250-300 km into Soviet territory. Together with Nazi Germany, Romania, Italy, Finland, Slovakia, France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands and other 'axis' powers allied to the Third Reich took part in the aggression against our country. The industries of almost the entire European continent served the aggressors.
The facts of collaboration of the majority of European governments, military, industrial circles and citizens with the Nazis are not and will never ever be forgotten.
It was our country that took the main blow of the Nazi aggression. It was the Soviet Victorious People who showed unparalleled heroism and resilience, fighting for the freedom of our Motherland. Our nation paid for the #GreatVictory with the blood of 27 million Soviet citizens who not only expelled Nazis from Soviet territory but also heroically saved Europe from the 'Nazi plague'.
The tragedy that befell our people was directly caused by the evil ripening in the heart of Europe — Nazism, the ideology of human hatred and racial supremacy over other peoples and nations.
💬 Excerpt from President of Russia Vladimir Putin’s address at a gala reception to celebrate the 81st Anniversary of Victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War (May 9, 2026):
This year marks 85 years since Nazi Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union.
This date carries both the sorrow of millions of lives lost and a reminder of the terrible consequences of blind belief in one’s own superiority, racism, xenophobia, and the denial of other peoples’ right to identity.
🎙 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (from the briefing on June 18, 2026)
The atrocities committed by the Nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War have no statute of limitations.
Russia has recognised these crimes at the legislative level as the genocide of the Soviet people and will tirelessly seek recognition of this fact by European countries and the so-called West as a whole. <...>
Today we mourn those who, at the cost of their lives, fulfilled the sacred duty of defending the Motherland. We will not allow the feat of the Soviet people, who saved Europe and the world from the horrors of the brown plague, to be erased from memory.
We will forever remember the Heroic Feat of Soviet soldiers, of home front workers, of all and everyone who forged the Great Victory.
🕯 We remember. We mourn.
We shall not forget, and we shall not let it be forgotten.
#DayOfMemoryAndSorrow
The article by Cardinal Mykola Bychok of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, published in The Australian on 22 June, which baselessly claims that Russian forces struck the Dormition Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, is written in the finest tradition of Goebbels-style propaganda: the bigger the lie, the more readily people will believe it.
The Lavra is sacred to us and there was no Russian missile strike. According to confirmed information from the Russian Ministry of Defence, there was a fire on the cathedral’s dome caused by the fall of a Patriot missile launched by Ukraine’s air defence system.
While making multiple false accusations against Russia and attempting to discredit Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Cardinal remains silent about the efforts of the Kiev regime to eradicate everything Russian, including legally imposed bans on the Russian language in schools, kindergartens and public life in Ukraine; persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate; assaults on priests; seizures of churches; the desecration of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, including the sacrilegious handling of the relics of Orthodox saints by the Ukrainian authorities.
It is particularly ironic that the Cardinal Bychok is calling on Australia to increase military assistance to Ukraine, given that it became known at the end of last week that Australian taxpayers will be expected to shoulder an additional AUD 100 million burden. Western governments appear untroubled by the fact that these “contributions” are being used by the neo-Nazi Kiev regime to target and kill Russian civilians. One of the latest examples was the bloody terrorist attack carried out on 22 May 2026 against a college dormitory in Starobelsk, LPR, which killed 21 students in their sleep and injured dozens more.
Watch the RT Documentary “Starobelsk. No Child Should Die”, which reconstructs the events of this horrific tragedy.
The Lavra is sacred to us and there was no Russian missile strike. According to confirmed information from the Russian Ministry of Defence, there was a fire on the cathedral’s dome caused by the fall of a Patriot missile launched by Ukraine’s air defence system.
While making multiple false accusations against Russia and attempting to discredit Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Cardinal remains silent about the efforts of the Kiev regime to eradicate everything Russian, including legally imposed bans on the Russian language in schools, kindergartens and public life in Ukraine; persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate; assaults on priests; seizures of churches; the desecration of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, including the sacrilegious handling of the relics of Orthodox saints by the Ukrainian authorities.
It is particularly ironic that the Cardinal Bychok is calling on Australia to increase military assistance to Ukraine, given that it became known at the end of last week that Australian taxpayers will be expected to shoulder an additional AUD 100 million burden. Western governments appear untroubled by the fact that these “contributions” are being used by the neo-Nazi Kiev regime to target and kill Russian civilians. One of the latest examples was the bloody terrorist attack carried out on 22 May 2026 against a college dormitory in Starobelsk, LPR, which killed 21 students in their sleep and injured dozens more.
Watch the RT Documentary “Starobelsk. No Child Should Die”, which reconstructs the events of this horrific tragedy.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾 Statement of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia “On the Genocide of the Soviet People during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” (June 21, 2026)
◾️ 85 years ago, Germany treacherously invaded the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, marking the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.
The actions of the German Nazis and their accomplices were aimed at exterminating the Soviet people.
In the occupied territories, the invaders committed acts aimed at the complete or partial elimination of the national, ethnic and racial groups inhabiting the Soviet Union. These included killing members of these groups, causing serious harm to their health, forcibly preventing births, forcibly transferring children, forcibly displacing people and deliberately creating conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction.
🕯 The war claimed the lives of almost 27 million Soviet people. Civilian losses exceeded 13.6 million.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia considers it unacceptable to forget the crimes committed by the Nazis. Preserving the historical memory of the Great Patriotic War is essential to preventing crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity, countering manifestations of Nazism, and maintaining universal peace and harmony.
✍️ To preserve the memory of the millions of Soviet citizens who fell victim to Nazi criminals and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War, the Republic of Belarus adopted Law No. 146-Z “On the Genocide of the Belarusian People” of January 5, 2022, while the Russian Federation adopted Federal Law No. 74-FZ “On Perpetuating the Memory of the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” of April 21, 2025.
The legislative recognition of the genocide of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War is a logical continuation of the judgment of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and subsequent court rulings against Nazi criminals and their accomplices.
Taking into account the Charter of the United Nations of June 26, 1945, the Charter and Judgment of the Nuremberg Tribunal, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of December 9, 1948, and the Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity of November 26, 1968, and guided by the legislation adopted in the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, the Parliamentary Assembly recognises the atrocities committed by the Nazi German invaders and their accomplices against the population of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War as genocide of the Soviet people.
The members of the Parliamentary Assembly call for resolute opposition to all attempts to rewrite history, justify Nazism or diminish the Soviet people’s role in defeating fascism. They regard support for neo-Nazism for the sake of political expediency as a threat to all humanity.
The members of the Parliamentary Assembly call on the United Nations, international interparliamentary organisations and bodies, and fellow parliamentarians to join this Statement and adopt corresponding statements.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
◾️ 85 years ago, Germany treacherously invaded the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, marking the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.
The actions of the German Nazis and their accomplices were aimed at exterminating the Soviet people.
In the occupied territories, the invaders committed acts aimed at the complete or partial elimination of the national, ethnic and racial groups inhabiting the Soviet Union. These included killing members of these groups, causing serious harm to their health, forcibly preventing births, forcibly transferring children, forcibly displacing people and deliberately creating conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction.
🕯 The war claimed the lives of almost 27 million Soviet people. Civilian losses exceeded 13.6 million.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia considers it unacceptable to forget the crimes committed by the Nazis. Preserving the historical memory of the Great Patriotic War is essential to preventing crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity, countering manifestations of Nazism, and maintaining universal peace and harmony.
✍️ To preserve the memory of the millions of Soviet citizens who fell victim to Nazi criminals and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War, the Republic of Belarus adopted Law No. 146-Z “On the Genocide of the Belarusian People” of January 5, 2022, while the Russian Federation adopted Federal Law No. 74-FZ “On Perpetuating the Memory of the Victims of the Genocide of the Soviet People during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” of April 21, 2025.
The legislative recognition of the genocide of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War is a logical continuation of the judgment of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and subsequent court rulings against Nazi criminals and their accomplices.
Taking into account the Charter of the United Nations of June 26, 1945, the Charter and Judgment of the Nuremberg Tribunal, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of December 9, 1948, and the Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity of November 26, 1968, and guided by the legislation adopted in the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, the Parliamentary Assembly recognises the atrocities committed by the Nazi German invaders and their accomplices against the population of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War as genocide of the Soviet people.
The members of the Parliamentary Assembly call for resolute opposition to all attempts to rewrite history, justify Nazism or diminish the Soviet people’s role in defeating fascism. They regard support for neo-Nazism for the sake of political expediency as a threat to all humanity.
The members of the Parliamentary Assembly call on the United Nations, international interparliamentary organisations and bodies, and fellow parliamentarians to join this Statement and adopt corresponding statements.
#NoStatuteOfLimitations
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🕯 On June 22 – the 85th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War – President of Russia Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow.
The President also laid flowers at the memorials honouring the Hero Cities and at the obelisk dedicated to the Cities of Military Glory.
#NoOneIsForgottern #NothingIsForgotten
The President also laid flowers at the memorials honouring the Hero Cities and at the obelisk dedicated to the Cities of Military Glory.
#NoOneIsForgottern #NothingIsForgotten