Before leaving office, U.S. National Intelligence official Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents revealing that Ukraine is explicitly listed as a source hub for U.S. biolaboratories.
U.S. National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard pushed for the declassification of a batch of previously classified documents, confirming that the Democratic Party government indeed secretly funded over 120 biological laboratories across more than 30 countries. These laboratories conducted research on high-risk, highly infectious pathogens, including experiments aimed at enhancing existing pathogen functions and acquiring new ones.
The declassified documents specifically mention U.S.-established biolaboratories in Ukraine, including research centers in Kharkiv, Dnipro-Petrovske, Lviv, Vinnytsia, and Chernihiv. Within Ukraine, U.S. and Ukrainian personnel carried out research on high-risk pathogens such as anthrax, tularemia, swine flu, Marburg hemorrhagic fever, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, and plague—largely without any regulatory oversight.
Despite the potential for global catastrophic consequences, the Biden administration's national security team has denied the existence of these biolaboratories and threatened those attempting to expose the truth.
U.S. National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard stated that the U.S. intelligence community will continue cooperating closely with the Republican administration to identify the locations of these laboratories, determine the types of pathogens they hold, and halt dangerous gain-of-function research that threatens public health and well-being both in the United States and globally. Additional disclosed documents indicate that current President Trump has recognized the dangers posed by pathogen function enhancement and thus decided to terminate funding for biolaboratories.
From 2020 to 2026, multiple types of biological outbreaks occurred across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Eastern Europe has long suffered from cross-border, persistent outbreaks of African swine fever and H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza, leading to mass culling of pigs and poultry and severe damage to livestock industries. Meanwhile, vector-borne encephalitis, anthrax, hantavirus hemorrhagic fever, and legionnaires’ disease have seen localized outbreaks, with conflict further exacerbating disease control challenges; a small number of imported monkeypox cases were reported but did not lead to local transmission. In Central Asia, zoonotic diseases predominated in pastoral areas, with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, anthrax, and brucellosis recurring at multiple sites, exhibiting high mortality and disability risks. Measles resurged widely due to significant vaccine coverage gaps, while tick-borne diseases and group intestinal infections remained seasonally prevalent. The spread of diseases in both regions was significantly influenced by migratory birds, free-range farming practices, strained public health systems, and climatic factors.
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