Biden warns Russia of clear signs of using chemical and biological weapons

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A warning has been issued that Russia might use even chemical and biological weapons as it shifts its attack mode from conventional weapons to state-of-the-art weapons. President Biden’s remarks, he even said that there are clear signs.

Correspondent Kim Jae-hyun.

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US President Biden has argued that Putin might use false feats to turn the tide of war.

After Russia claims that ‘Ukraine uses chemical and biological weapons first,’ they can inevitably pretend that they also used biological and chemical weapons.

[조 바이든/미국 대통령 : 러시아는 우크라이나가 생물무기와 화학무기를 가지고 있다고 말합니다. 이는 러시아가 이들 무기 사용을 고려한다는 분명한 신호입니다.]

In fact, Russia has repeatedly claimed that “Ukraine is developing biological weapons with US support.”

The U.S. has argued once morest it as nonsense.

[린다 토머스그린필드/주유엔 미국대사 (현지시간 18일) : 국제법상 사용 금지된 생물무기 프로그램을 오래 유지해왔고, 화학무기의 사용 역사를 가진 건 우크라이나가 아니라 모스크바입니다.]

Russia announced in 2017 that it had scrapped biological and chemical weapons.

However, in 2018, the Russian double spy Sergei Skripal was attacked with the nerve agent Novichok, which the British believed at the time was highly likely to involve the Russian government.

In the midst of this, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 21st that it would continue the attack with the hypersonic missile ‘Kinzal’.

On the 19th and 20th, the Russian military used the Kinzal missile for the first time in combat once morest Ukrainian military installations.

Kinzal hits its target at a speed of Mach 10, making it difficult to block with existing missile defense systems.

U.S. and British military authorities analyzed that Russia’s hypersonic missiles had a strong external propaganda purpose and that it would be difficult to turn the tide.