Russia believes that components of biological weapons have been created on the territory of Ukraine, the head of radiation, chemical and biological defense of the Russian Armed Forces, Igor Kirillov, said, TASS reported.

According to him, the laboratories of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry in Kiev, Odessa, Lvov and Kharkov received $32 million in funding from the United States. He said that the US has invested $1.6 million to study the ways of disease transmission to humans through bats.

"Examination of documents in part of Project P-781 to study the pathways of disease transmission to humans through bats showed that the work was conducted at the laboratory in Kharkov in conjunction with the scandalous Lugar Center in Tbilisi. The Pentagon's total costs for its implementation in Ukraine and Georgia amounted to $1.6 million, most of which was received by Ukraine as the main contractor," Kirillov said.

According to him, the Russian Armed Forces have a document confirming the direct participation of the Pentagon in the financing of military biological projects in Ukraine.

Kirillov noted that Ukrainian biolaboratories continue to destroy biological materials and documentation of research on dangerous viruses.

Kirillov said the Russian Armed Forces have documents confirming the transfer of bio-probes from Ukraine to third countries, including Germany, Britain and Georgia.

"It is necessary to note a number of documents confirming the fact of the transfer of biosamples selected in Ukraine to third countries, including Germany, Great Britain and Georgia. There are official documents, confirming the transfer of 5 thousand blood serum samples of Ukrainian citizens to the Lugar Center in Tbilisi, which is affiliated with the Pentagon, and 773 biological samples were transferred to the reference laboratory in Great Britain. An agreement has been signed to export unlimited quantities of infectious materials to the Loeffler Institute in Germany," Kirillov said.

According to him, "the analysis of received information suggests that Ukrainian specialists are not aware of the potential risks of transmission of biomaterials, are used, in fact, under the table and have no real idea of the true purpose of the research conducted.