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Russia Makes Crazy Claim That U.S. Is Training Birds To Spread A Ukrainian Bioweapon (Updated)
The Drive ^ | 3/11/2022 | Joseph Trevithick

Posted on 03/11/2022 4:10:47 AM PST by tlozo

The Kremlin's invasion has now entered its 16th day and Russian forces continue to struggle to make real progress toward their objectives on the ground in Ukraine. In addition to turning to increasingly more brutal siege tactics in efforts to secure a number of important cities, which is causing a growing number of civilian casualties, Russian authorities look to be stepping up their disinformation campaign. Today, among other things, the Russian Ministry of Defense made a wholly unsubstantiated and outright bizarre claim that the U.S. government is somehow training birds infected with or otherwise carrying biological weapons to fly from Ukraine to Russia.

Russian Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, the Russian Ministry of Defense's top spokesperson made the claim about weaponized birds during a press briefing earlier today. He provided no evidence whatsoever to substantiate this assertion

It's not entirely clear how this claim came to be, but it appears to be an evolution of recent allegations, also wholly unsubstantiated, from the Russian government regarding work at U.S.-supported laboratories in Ukraine. The Kremlin's core claim, which again it has provided no evidence to support, is that these laboratories are a cover for biological and/or chemical weapons programs. There have been accompanying claims that official documentation regarding U.S.-Ukrainian cooperation at these facilities was mysteriously deleted, which has also turned out to be false.

The Kremlin's core claim, which again it has provided no evidence to support, is that these laboratories are a cover for biological and/or chemical weapons programs. There have been accompanying claims that official documentation regarding U.S.-Ukrainian cooperation at these facilities was mysteriously deleted, which has also turned out to be false.


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"The Kremlin appears to be ramping up its disinformation campaign to a totally absurd degree as the conflict in Ukraine drags on."
1 posted on 03/11/2022 4:10:47 AM PST by tlozo
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To: tlozo

From everything we have seen over the past few years, why is this claim deemed “crazy”?


2 posted on 03/11/2022 4:14:26 AM PST by Nifty
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To: Nifty

Leave the birds outta it..

Pigeon good meat sez dork from the nork


3 posted on 03/11/2022 4:16:07 AM PST by aces (and )
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To: tlozo

Well China said bats, why not? Israel has killer dolphins.


4 posted on 03/11/2022 4:16:38 AM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: tlozo

It is justification for their next escalation. They are basically claiming the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction at this point. Notice how that term has fallen out of favor as of late? It is only used when media/government wants to associate easier to obtain bio and chemical weapons in with nukes.

It doesn’t actually have to be all that credible either, all they need to do is convince their own people. Many if not most of them will want to believe it.


5 posted on 03/11/2022 4:17:17 AM PST by hopespringseternal
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To: tlozo

Why not bats? /s


6 posted on 03/11/2022 4:17:49 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper! )
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To: tlozo

So much propaganda, so little news.


7 posted on 03/11/2022 4:19:57 AM PST by McGruff (A lie can travel around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots)
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To: tlozo

Our disnformation guys are mopping the floor with their disinformaion guys.


8 posted on 03/11/2022 4:20:37 AM PST by GOPJ (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: tlozo

Don’t they have birds that naturally migrate between Ukraine and Russia? Why not just infect some of those birds instead of going to the trouble of training the birds.


9 posted on 03/11/2022 4:21:20 AM PST by TBall
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To: tlozo

The two sides, Russia and the USA are now saying don’t believe the other guy’s lies, believe our lies, because our lies are actually true.

If it weren’t so dangerous it would be funny, something out of a Laurel and Hardy skit.


10 posted on 03/11/2022 4:22:03 AM PST by srmanuel (`)
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Sometimes I think I must be crazy but all the Ukraine and Russian back and forth convinces me it’s just the media.


11 posted on 03/11/2022 4:23:14 AM PST by Doofer
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To: tlozo

What’s crazy are the global socialist corporate capitalist new world imperialists who think WWIII is the solution to their problems. I’ll think this is crazy when their deepstate tools stop spouting pure propaganda and start telling something that sounds like the truth.


12 posted on 03/11/2022 4:23:19 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: tlozo

A bio-lab can still be a bio-lab without manufacturing weapons. In fact, manufacturing delivery systems for deadly biotics would not be done at the lab. They are entirely distinct issues. So, claiming “no emds” have been found is the same as in iraq. Recipes, labs, etc, were found. It’s a denial that obfuscates.

The wuhan lab didn’t also produce delivery artillery rounds, bombs, missiles, etc.


13 posted on 03/11/2022 4:25:04 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: Nifty

“From everything we have seen over the past few years, why is this claim deemed “crazy”?”

Probably will be verified within a week.


14 posted on 03/11/2022 4:30:14 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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So let’s continue to isolate Russians from outside internet connections so they’ll lose what remains of their chance to hear truth.


15 posted on 03/11/2022 4:30:23 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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You beat me to it. The term “crazy claim” doesn’t exist in my vocabulary anymore.

When everything you see in the media is nothing more than political propaganda peddled by liars, then even the most outlandish claims that contradict the media narrative must be considered credible.

16 posted on 03/11/2022 4:30:32 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
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So let’s continue to isolate Russians from outside internet connections so they’ll lose what remains of their chance to hear truth.

That was already going on in Russia. They've shut down their independent media and are threatening to put people in jail for 15 years if they refer to the invasion as an "invasion" repeatedly.

17 posted on 03/11/2022 4:33:12 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Nifty

Squirrel!


18 posted on 03/11/2022 4:33:55 AM PST by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: tlozo

Is there a link to video where this claim is made by the Russian general?


19 posted on 03/11/2022 4:35:31 AM PST by Fury
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To: hopespringseternal

I give it no more than 48 hours before Sean Hannity has some Deep State shill on his TV show, and he stops his own bloviating just long enough for this guest to reveal that these chemical and biological weapons were planted in Ukraine by the Russians after they were removed from Iraq in 2003.


20 posted on 03/11/2022 4:36:13 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
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