The president’s threat comes on the heels of a series of warnings from White House officials this week that Russia might seek to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine.
Those statements came after the White House rejected Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maria Zakharova’s claim that the U.S. was working with Ukraine to develop chemical and biological weapons to use against Russian forces.
“We’re watching this very, very closely,” Kirby said on MSNBC. “[It’s] an absurd claim that we are helping Ukraine develop bioweapons. That’s just not true. It’s laughable. But that they would use such a claim for some sort of pretextual event in the future, that’s something we’re concerned about.” Russia doubled down on those claims this week, ultimately calling for an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday. The meeting was called just 24 hours after Russia's Defense Ministry falsely claimed it found “U.S. secret military biological projects in Ukraine.”
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