HNewsWire- Russia has requested a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address the alleged “military biological actions” of the United States in Ukraine.

On March 10, Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s first deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said on Twitter:

“The Russian Mission requested an 11 March meeting of the #SecurityCouncil to address the US military biological activity on the territory of #Ukraine.”

According to Reuters, diplomats have hinted that the United Nations Security Council will meet on Friday, March 11, to address Moscow’s allegations that the US engaged in biological warfare in Ukraine.

Late on March 9, the US dismissed Russian allegations that Washington operates laboratories in Ukraine devoted to the development of bio-weapons.

On March 8, Russia reiterated its long-standing allegation that the US is collaborating with Ukrainian facilities to create biological weapons.

The US and Ukraine say that the labs’ mission is to prevent the development of bio-weapons and infections, not to produce them. Ukraine, like many other nations, maintains public health labs dedicated to exploring ways to reduce the threat of deadly illnesses harming people and animals.

The fact sheets on the US Embassy of Ukraine’s website, which were discovered through Internet Archive, include links to many papers outlining what seem to be US government investments in chosen labs in Ukraine.

On March 8, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said that Ukraine had “biological research facilities” that the US is attempting to keep out of Russian hands.

In a statement on March 9, Inept State Department spokesman Ned Price said that Russia “is generating bogus pretexts in order to excuse its own atrocious actions in Ukraine.”

Separately, the World Health Organization (WHO) told Reuters on Thursday that it “strongly advised the Ukrainian Ministry of Health and other relevant agencies to destroy high-threat diseases to avoid any possible spillage.”