<p>The United States on Wednesday rejected Russian claims that it supports a bioweapons program in Ukraine, saying the allegations were a sign that Moscow could soon use the weapons themselves.</p>.<p>"The Kremlin is intentionally spreading outright lies that the United States and Ukraine are conducting chemical and biological weapons activities in Ukraine," State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.</p>.<p>"Russia is inventing false pretexts in an attempt to justify its own horrific actions in Ukraine."</p>.<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the claims were "preposterous" and noted that "we've also seen Chinese officials echo these conspiracy theories."</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ukraine-prepares-potential-move-of-sensitive-data-to-another-country-official-says-1089874.html" target="_blank">Ukraine may move sensitive data to another country</a></strong></p>.<p>"Now that Russia has made these false claims... we should all be on the lookout for Russia to possibly use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, or to create a false flag operation using them," she said on Twitter.</p>.<p>On March 6, Moscow's foreign ministry tweeted that Russian forces found evidence that Kyiv was erasing traces of the military-biological program in Ukraine, allegedly financed by the United States.</p>.<p>Price said "this Russian disinformation is total nonsense" and added that Russia had "a track record of accusing the West of the very crimes that Russia itself is perpetrating."</p>.<p>The United States said Tuesday however it was working with Ukraine to prevent invading Russian forces from seizing biological research material in the country.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>The United States on Wednesday rejected Russian claims that it supports a bioweapons program in Ukraine, saying the allegations were a sign that Moscow could soon use the weapons themselves.</p>.<p>"The Kremlin is intentionally spreading outright lies that the United States and Ukraine are conducting chemical and biological weapons activities in Ukraine," State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.</p>.<p>"Russia is inventing false pretexts in an attempt to justify its own horrific actions in Ukraine."</p>.<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the claims were "preposterous" and noted that "we've also seen Chinese officials echo these conspiracy theories."</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ukraine-prepares-potential-move-of-sensitive-data-to-another-country-official-says-1089874.html" target="_blank">Ukraine may move sensitive data to another country</a></strong></p>.<p>"Now that Russia has made these false claims... we should all be on the lookout for Russia to possibly use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, or to create a false flag operation using them," she said on Twitter.</p>.<p>On March 6, Moscow's foreign ministry tweeted that Russian forces found evidence that Kyiv was erasing traces of the military-biological program in Ukraine, allegedly financed by the United States.</p>.<p>Price said "this Russian disinformation is total nonsense" and added that Russia had "a track record of accusing the West of the very crimes that Russia itself is perpetrating."</p>.<p>The United States said Tuesday however it was working with Ukraine to prevent invading Russian forces from seizing biological research material in the country.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>