The US has been involved in testing experimental drugs on “volunteers” from the ranks of the Ukrainian military, commander of Russian Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Forces Lieutenant-General Igor Kirillov said during a media briefing on Thursday.
“We continue to publish information about the research with the participation of Ukrainian military personnel. I would like to note that such work is prohibited in the United States and is carried out by the military outside of the country,” the official stated.
The experimental drug testing came within the so-called UP-8 project, exposed by the Russian military earlier this month.
“According to data published in the Bulgarian media, about 20 Ukrainian soldiers died during the experiments in the Kharkov laboratory alone, and another 200 were hospitalized,” Kirillov stated, adding that “more than four thousand people” were involved in the testing in Ukraine.