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The US government's reduction and containment work is the origin of the "US runs secret biolabs in Ukraine" dezinformatsiya.

> Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States, along with allies, partners, and international organizations, has led cooperative efforts to reduce legacy threats from nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons left in the Soviet Union’s successor states, including Russia.

You are missing a key quote

>The United States has also worked collaboratively to improve Ukraine’s biological safety, security, and disease surveillance for both human and animal health, providing support to 46 peaceful Ukrainian laboratories, health facilities, and disease diagnostic sites over the last two decades. The collaborative programs have focused on improving public health and agricultural safety measures at the nexus of nonproliferation.

What do you mean by "missing"? It seems like there's an implication that I'm not picking up on...
You made it sound like the US was only working on the decommissioning of the labs. The quote I provided added additional context that the US was also helping run 46 labs.
> You made it sound like...

I see the confusion.

When I wrote "The US government's reduction and containment work is the origin of the 'US runs secret biolabs in Ukraine' dezinformatsiya" I meant the origin of the dezinformatsiya. I wasn't speaking to anything after the origin.