1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Biological Security Engagement in Ukraine: U.S. Cooperation and Threat Reduction Programs March 11, 2022 During its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government has accused Ukraine of possessing a clandestine biological wea
2、pons program with support from the United States. To the contrary, the United States has cooperated with Ukraine on biological security programs ranging from laboratory security to disease surveillance and pandemic response, as documented by the U.S. embassy website, annual budget requests, and cong
3、ressional oversight hearings. These programs are rooted in the U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (CTR). The United States and Ukraine are both members of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), which prohibits such weapons, and the United States has stated that both are in full compliance w
4、ith their obligations. The State Department assesses that the Russian government “maintains an offensive biological weapons program” in violation of the BWC. Congress has raised questions about this issue in recent hearings. U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines testified on Marc
