Of course it’s overblown. Yes, initially there was concern the Ukrainian scientists might be tempted by offers from Iran, Iraq or other bad guys if not given proper paid positions in Ukraine. In addition, almost every country on the planet has biolabs for surveillance of emerging diseases. We fund or help fund (andcrun) quite a few in countries that cannot properly fund and run them on their own. These are the types of biolabs Ukraine has.
When Nuland said what she said as quoted in post #75 on this thread it was just more of her fear-mongering. She had already been claiming the dastardly Russians were going to use chemical and biological weapons, blow up a nuclear plant, etc. She couldn’t wait for her little drama queen moment of speculating how the wicked Russians would get hold of stuff in those labs ... and ... gee, how evil Russians are.
Now the Russians are turning that around on her and throwing it back in her face. Typical tit-for-tat propaganda stuff. Propaganda flying both ways.
Agree!