US-sponsored Bio-lab in Ukraine Conducts Research on Infectious Disease A biology laboratory sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense has been conducting research on infectious disease, and the data obtained from the experiments is available to the United States. The Russian Defense Ministry said the U.S. has spent more than 200 million U.S. dollars to build a network of more than 30 biological laboratories in Ukraine, some of which have worked on biological and chemical weapons, and the Unit