DISINFO: NATO countries provided Ukraine with infected blood
SUMMARY
NATO countries donated blood for wounded Ukrainian soldiers, and later Ukrainian doctors found HIV and hepatitis in it. NATO allies supplied Kyiv with 68,000 litres of blood at the request of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for wounded Ukrainian military personnel.
Russian hackers managed to gain access to the results of a study of this blood from the archives of the Prime Minister of Ukraine, which revealed HIV and hepatitis in various forms.
RESPONSE
Pro-Kremlin disinformation about Ukraine and NATO. It is part of a broader pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign accompanying the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The claim about discovering various infections in the blood supplied by NATO member states to Ukraine is false. In fact, Ukraine has never turned to foreign partners for blood or its components, as Ukraine has established a national blood service that provides patients with laboratory-tested, high-quality blood.
This letter published by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on November 7th states that since the first day of the war, citizens of Ukraine have been systematically making planned donations, which ensures a stable supply of blood.
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine further stated that the document distributed by the Russian media, which allegedly reflects the letter written by the Minister of Health of Ukraine to the Prime Minister, proving the detection of HIV and hepatitis in the blood samples, is fabricated, as the document does not meet the requirements for issuing official documents in Ukraine.
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