Russia has long raised concerns about Pentagon-backed biological laboratories in Ukraine and elsewhere, suggesting they are involved in military research<\/p>\n
The US has launched a probe into more than 120 American-funded biological labs abroad, including in Ukraine, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the New York Post on Monday.
\nRussia has consistently raised concerns about Pentagon-backed biological labs worldwide, particularly near its borders and in Ukraine, alleging that they are involved in bioweapons research.
\nGabbard said that the move aims to halt risky virus experiments and follows President Donald Trump\u2019s order restricting federal funding for \u201cgain-of-function\u201d research \u2013 studies that examine how viruses replicate and interact with human cells to increase their transmissibility.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic revealed the catastrophic global impact research on dangerous pathogens in biolabs can have,\u201d Gabbard said. \u201cYet despite these obvious dangers, politicians, so-called health professionals, like Dr. Fauci, and entities within the [former President Joe] Biden administration\u2019s national security team lied to the American people about the existence of these US-funded and supported biolabs and threatened those who attempted to expose the truth.\u201d
\nShe was referring to former White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci, whom critics accuse of downplaying the theory that COVID-19 originated from a leak in a Chinese lab that had received US funding.
\nGabbard said that her team will \u201cidentify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain and what \u2018research\u2019 is being conducted\u201d to end \u201cdangerous gain-of-function research.\u201d Officials from her office confirmed that the labs are in over 30 countries, including Ukraine, which allegedly hosts in excess of 40, with several funded through Pentagon programs.<\/p>\n
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US still operating biolabs in Ukraine \u2013 Russian envoy<\/p>\n
The Pentagon, and other US agencies, previously backed labs worldwide via the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). While the Biden administration denied running \u201cchemical or biological laboratories in Ukraine,\u201d then-Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland acknowledged in 2022 that \u201cbiological research facilities\u201d exist there. Washington has since confirmed supporting biological research facilities in Ukraine and elsewhere, but maintained that the work was aimed at preventing disease outbreaks and developing vaccines, not for military purposes. Russia and China, however, have repeatedly warned that the work may have a military dimension.<\/p>\n
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Moscow has long accused Ukraine of hosting Western-backed biolabs tied to weapons research, citing documents it alleges were obtained from Kiev. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Russia\u2019s late top WMD official, stated in 2023 that the US was conducting dual-use research \u201cincluding the creation of biological weapons components\u201d near Russian borders. He was killed in 2024, in an attack believed to have been ordered by Kiev. In March 2025, Vladimir Tarabrin, who is Russia\u2019s Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), said that the US still operated biolabs in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
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Gabbard had raised concerns about biolabs in Ukraine even before becoming intelligence chief. In 2022, she was accused of spreading \u201ctreasonous lies\u201d and being a Russian asset after warning that dozens of US-funded labs in Ukraine could release dangerous pathogens if they were compromised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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