Russia accuses US of planning to drop malaria-bearing mosquitoes on troops

A senior Kremlin official bizarrely accused the US of preparing drones that will target Russian troops by dropping malaria-carrying mosquitos onto soldiers.

Igor Kirillov, the head of Vladimir Putin’s Russian Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops, made the baseless claim this week as Ukraine captured its eighth village two weeks after launching their anticipated counteroffensive.

“The flooding of Kherson region planned by the Kyiv regime can complicate the situation, including with regard to arbovirus infections,” Kirillov said, referencing the recent Kakhova dam collapse in southern Ukraine.

“After a drop in the water level, it is possible to form foci of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, primarily West Nile fever,” he said, according to the Daily Mail.

“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.”

https://nypost.com/2023/06/19/russia-accuses-us-of-planning-to-drop-malaria-bearing-mosquitoes-on-troops/