The claim
A newly surfaced document claims to prove that there are banned bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine that are operated by the USA.
Our conclusion
The document is in no way proof that there are banned bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine, only that research on anthrax is being carried out in a laboratory and that on-the-job training has taken place there. It has been known since 2005 that research into pathogens to combat bioweapons is being carried out in biolabs in Ukraine, but this is not proof that bioweapons are being produced there.
As early as March 2022, two weeks after the start of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, it was claimed that there were bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine that were operated by the USA.
If these laboratories existed and fell into Russia's hands, this would certainly have been worth a big announcement from Putin, because it would be proof that Ukraine, together with the USA, was up to no good. But a newly surfaced document also does not indicate that biological attack weapons were being researched in Ukraine.
The claim
The link to an article by “ Judicial Watch ,” a conservative US foundation, has been circulating since the end of November. It describes a 345-page document that purports to state that the United States funded anthrax (anthrax) laboratory activities in Ukraine. It is now concluded that bioweapons were developed in the laboratories.
The claim was then quickly spread on Telegram and Facebook :

“Judicial Watch announced today that it has received 345 pages of documents from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a component of the U.S. Department of Defense, showing that the United States... In 2018, we funded work on an anthrax laboratory in a Ukrainian biolab. Dozens of pages are completely redacted, many others are heavily redacted. The documents show that the Ukrainian biolaboratory program was funded with over $11 million in 2019.”
Often there is also a link to an article from the “ We love Trump ” site, which is unintentionally strange since this is supposed to have happened in 2018, i.e. during Donald Trump's term in office - which would put their idol in a pretty bad light if it would be true.
For completeness,
the claims also name a company called “ Black & Veatch ” that provided services on August 1, 2019. This is a company that, according to their homepage, offers “software solutions for the management and tracking of biological materials in laboratories” – which makes sense when you read below about what is done in the laboratories.
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The published documents
According to Judicial Watch, the documents were released at their request under the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) and published by them. In fact, parts of the document are blacked out, but these parts are names and locations that, understandably, will not be published for security reasons.
You can view the documents HERE (PDF file).
A short logical objection that many people don't consider: The documents were not leaked, do not come from secret sources, but were officially requested and released. If the documents were proof that the USA was illegally (!) financing bioweapons laboratories, do you really believe that they would have freely released them?
Also to be noted: Even “Judicial Watch” does not write anything about a bioweapon lab (bioweapon lab), only about a bioweapon lab (biolab). But let's see what the documents say about anthrax.
The title of the documents already suggests what the documents are actually about: “ Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP), Biological Safety & Security (BS&S) ”, in German: Cooperative Program for Biological Engagement, Biological Safety and Hazard Prevention .
The keyword “anthrax” can be found on several pages of the document. But what exactly was done is also described in the document.

The findings from the document:
- PACS is the abbreviation for Pathogen Asset Control System, i.e. system for controlling pathogens
- The only mention of anthrax is in the context of “on-the-job training”.
- The training location and the participants were understandably obscured so as not to reveal on a silver platter which laboratory contains the anthrax pathogen and who knows about it
What is certain is that the anthrax pathogen, anthrax, is in a laboratory in Ukraine that is actually financed by the USA.
But the question now arises as to why there is anthrax there. Theoretically, a bioweapon could be created from the anthrax. So is it a banned bioweapons laboratory? And if so, why is this so freely admitted in a document? The answer is simple: Because this and many other laboratories do not produce bioweapons, but on the contrary are there to prevent them!
What's up with US-funded biolabs in Ukraine and elsewhere
Back in the 1990s, the USA launched the “Biological Threat Reduction Program” to reduce the danger posed by biological weapons in countries such as Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union had been left behind.
The USA has been working with Ukraine on this issue since 2005 (see HERE ). Under this program, certain laboratories receive US funding for modernization and equipment, but are managed locally and not by the US. In August 2005, the Washington Post also reported on this collaboration (see HERE ).
“The United States and Ukraine agreed yesterday to work together to combat the proliferation of biological weapons.
Source: Washington Post
They signed an agreement clearing the way for the Ukrainian government to receive U.S. aid to improve the security of facilities storing dangerous microbes. […]
One laboratory receiving funding is the II Mechnikov Antiplague Scientific and Research Institute in the Black Sea port city of Odessa. The institute was part of a network of Cold War “antiplague” stations that delivered highly lethal pathogens to Soviet bioweapons factories.”
The article goes on to say that the US wants to use the funding to support peaceful research by Ukrainian scientists to combat the spread of natural diseases.
In April 2020, when there were already rumors about bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine, the US Embassy in Ukraine again : “ Our joint efforts help prevent dangerous pathogens from falling into the wrong hands. “
Let's summarize
- Since 2005, the United States has been funding (not operating) laboratories in Ukraine
- Some pathogens of serious diseases such as anthrax are also found in these laboratories
- However, research in the laboratories serves to research pathogens and combat biological weapons
- The software provided is also used for this purpose, with which emerging pathogens can be managed and tracked
- Curiously, one of the Cold War laboratories was used to produce pathogens for Russian bioweapons laboratories - so what Ukraine is now accused of was actually practiced by Russia during the Cold War
- If these were bioweapons laboratories, Russia would most likely have long since exposed this with a lot of evidence, as this would be proof of one of their reasons for war
In addition, the published documents only show that on-the-job training was carried out in one of the laboratories where research on anthrax is carried out.
The document is in no way proof that there are bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine, only that research on anthrax is being carried out in a laboratory. It has been known since 2005 that research into pathogens to combat bioweapons is being carried out in biolabs in Ukraine, but this is not proof that bioweapons are being produced there.
Additional source:
dpa
Interesting in this context: There are said to be bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine; according to posts on social media platforms, US diplomat Victoria Nuland has now officially confirmed this.
– Alleged bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine
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