Russian officials have said that the purpose of the labs is to study Ebola viruses and other deadly microbes in order to protect Russia from possible bioterrorism.

So they are weaponizing Ebola and other deadly microbes in order to commit bioterrorism.

Every statement they make, the complete opposite is the truth.

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Remember the claim that the West was operating biolabs in Ukraine?

Every accusation is an admission…

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

As part of the supposed "casus beli" against Ukraine. So Russia expanding their bio-weapon labs means...

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ok but to be fair that first part is how that works. In order to treat and immunize against a powerful virus/bacteria, you need a powerful virus/bacteria. So any biolab will be partially focused on creating powerful bioweapons, so that they can create cures to those same weapons