What she admitted is that there are biological research facilities, not bioweapons labs.
But those facilities do have samples of dangerous pathogens.
Nuland was directly responding to Marco Rubio's question:
"Does Ukraine have chemical or biological weapons?"
“Any attempt to claim that Ukraine’s biological facilities are just benign and standard medical labs is negated by Nuland’s explicitly grave concern that “Russian forces, may be seeking to gain control of” those facilities and that the U.S. Government therefore is, right this minute, “working with the Ukrainians on how they can prevent any of those research materials from falling into the hands of Russian forces.” Russia has its own advanced medical labs. After all, it was one of the first countries to develop a COVID vaccine, one which Lancet, on February 1, 2021, pronounced was “ safe and effective” (even though U.S. officials pressured multiple countries, including Brazil, not to accept any Russian vaccine, while U.S. allies such as Australia refused for a full year to recognize the Russian COVID vaccine for purposes of its vaccine mandate). The only reason to be “quite concerned” about these “biological research facilities” falling into Russian hands is if they contain sophisticated materials that Russian scientists have not yet developed on their own and which could be used for nefarious purposes — i.e., either advanced biological weapons or dual-use “research” that has the potential to be weaponized.
What is in those Ukrainian biological labs that make them so worrisome and dangerous? And has Ukraine, not exactly known for being a great power with advanced biological research, had the assistance of any other countries in developing those dangerous substances? Is American assistance confined to what Nuland described at the hearing — “working with the Ukrainians on how they can prevent any of those research materials from falling into the hands of Russian forces” — or did the U.S. assistance extend to the construction and development of the “biological research facilities” themselves?”
That is a distinction without a difference. Think about it.
It will be interesting what the Russkies come up with! If they find anything like COVID strains and can present them to the WHO, it will be a game changer IMO!
“What she admitted is that there are biological research facilities, not bioweapons labs.”
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If so, there would be no problem with sending investigators/weapons inspectors in to check it out. Especially in these times - to see if one of the toys being played with is some form of covid.
But when the government comes up with vague non-descriptive terms like “biological research facilities”, my mind goes to things such as “revenue enhancement”and “Friendly Fire”. Fun with euphemisms.