Considering that in the regions bordering Ukraine, Russia is preparing for a cholera epidemic, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry suggests: the Kremlin may resort to provocations, accusing Kyiv of “use of biological weapons”.

The heads of the territorial departments of Rospotrebnadzor were instructed to prepare for the epidemic, primarily in Bryansk, Belgorod. Voronezh, Kursk, Rostov regions, in the Krasnodar Territory and the occupied Crimea. In particular, we are talking about such events for this month:.

by May 15, prepare laboratories for cholera research, strengthen control over crowded places, and inform the population about measures to prevent the disease;

by June 1, prepare medical institutions for anti-epidemic measures and prepare a calculation of the drugs necessary for this.

“Probably, in late May - early June, the Russian leadership may resort to provocations in the areas bordering Ukraine. They will traditionally try to transfer responsibility for this to Ukraine, accusing them of "

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Recall that in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic had an even wider scope than now, the US Department of Defense in Ukraine continued the construction of two laboratories begun in 2019 - in Kyiv and Odessa, motivating this by strengthening the ability to control the spread of the epidemic.

At the same time, a few weeks after the start of a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow accused Georgia of creating the African swine fever virus and promised a missile attack on Tbilisi.