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Moscow launched a special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022 with the aim of saving the people of Donbass - primarily the Russian-speaking population - from Kiev's constant attacks.

Flooding of Kherson Region May Form Foci West Nile Fever: Russia's MoD

© AP Photo / Evgeniy MaloletkaStreets are flooded in Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jun 6, 2023 after the Kakhovka dam was blown up overnight. The wall of a major dam in a part of southern Ukraine has collapsed, triggering floods, endangering Europe's largest nuclear power plant and threatening drinking water supplies.
Streets are flooded in Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jun 6, 2023 after the Kakhovka dam was blown up overnight. The wall of a major dam in a part of southern Ukraine has collapsed, triggering floods, endangering Europe's largest nuclear power plant and threatening drinking water supplies. - Sputnik India, 1920, 19.06.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The flooding of the territories of the Kherson region may form foci of mosquito-borne West Nile fever, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian armed forces, said on Monday.
"The flooding of the territories of the Kherson region planned by the Kiev regime can complicate the situation, including with regard to arbovirus infections. After a drop in water levels, the formation of foci of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, West Nile fever in the first place, is possible," Kirillov told reporters.
Additionally, the official said that the Pentagon is trying to obtain populations of small animals that carry the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B, noting that cultures of mosquitoes infected with the hepatitis B virus have already been obtained.
"The high technical readiness of the United States to use infected carriers is evidenced by the patent for an unmanned aerial vehicle designed to disperse infected mosquitoes in the air," he added.
This photo taken on May 20, 2022 shows Russian servicemen standing guard near the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, Kherson Oblast. - Sputnik India, 1920, 07.06.2023
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