Pentagon Invests over $11 Million in Establishment of Biolabs in Ukraine
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- June, 16, 2026 - 14:25
The documents,reviewed by TASS, state that the main contractor was the US company Black & Veatch. The Central Reference Laboratory at the Ukrainian Research Anti-Plague Institute is estimated to have cost approximately $3.49 million. Of this amount, more than $2 million went toward laboratory equipment.
Expenditures on diagnostic equipment in the Zakarpatye region exceeded $1.92 million, and investments in the Kherson diagnostic laboratory amounted to about $1.72 million. The US also invested over $2.1 million in the Kherson Regional Laboratory Center.
Funding was provided through technical assistance programs, with the Pentagon serving as the donor and the Ukrainian Health Ministry as the beneficiary.