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US asked to explain after Pentagon admits to operating 46 biolabs in Ukraine after months of denial
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WASHINGTON has been urged to come clean over its biolab programme in Ukraine after the Department of Defence admitted its existence.

The Pentagon said on Thursday that it has operated 46 biolabs in Ukraine handling dangerous pathogens, after previously dismissing the charges as Russian propaganda. 

China has joined calls for United States to explain the role and capacity of the laboratories following the Pentagon’s stunning reversal after months of denial. 

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