A senior Kremlin general claimed the US plans to use drones to unleash malaria-infected mosquitoes onto Russian soldiers.
Lieutenant-general Igor Kirillov, head of Vladimir Putin’s Russian Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops, bizarrely said the aim is to infect soldiers so they become ill or even die.
Previously, when Russia has made outlandish claims about the West or Ukraine, it means they plan to do that particular thing themselves.
Lieutenant-general Kirillov said: ‘The flooding of Kherson region planned by the Kyiv regime can complicate the situation, including with regard to arbovirus infections.
‘After a drop in the water level, it is possible to form foci of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, primarily West Nile fever.
‘The high technical level of US preparedness for the use of infected vectors is evidenced by a patent for a drone designed to spread infected mosquitoes in the air.
’He didn’t go into any more details about the supposed patent, but added: ‘In accordance with the description, the drone must deliver a container with insects to a given area and release them.
‘When bitten, mosquitoes can infect military personnel with a dangerous infection, such as malaria.
‘The description of the patent emphasises that the infected soldier is not able to perform the combat missions assigned to him.’
The US Department of Defense has been contacted for a comment.
