There has been no sign such weapons have been used in the #Ukraine conflict, but the construction of new labs at #SergievPosad6 is being closely watched by #US #intelligence agencies & #bioweapons experts…
The images showed multiple signatures that, when combined, indicate a high-containment biological facility: dozens of rooftop air handling units, layouts consistent w/partitioned labs, underground infrastructure, heightened #security features & what appears to be a power plant.
A few months after #Russia began its full-scale invasion of #Ukraine in 2022, satellite imagery captured unusual activity at a restricted #military research facility nestled among the birch forests northeast of Moscow.
The site, called #SergievPosad6, had been quiet for decades, but it had a notorious Cold War past: It had once been a major research center for #BiologicalWeapons, w/a history of experiments w/the viruses that cause smallpox, Ebola & hemorrhagic fevers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/interactive/2024/russia-biological-chemical-weapons-laboratory-expansion/
