Russians in Ukraine are being infected with anthrax

Conditions in parts of Ukraine increasingly resemble those of the First World War, as both sides have dug trench lines, and artillery duels are now all too commonplace. Reports circulated this week that anthrax has been discovered in a Russian trench line and a small number of soldiers were infected. Yet, this isn’t a case of biological or chemical warfare.

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Rather, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reported that the soldiers had unearthed a burial site for cattle while digging a defensive line in southern Ukraine in the Kherson Oblast. The unit was ordered to immediate quarantine, while two soldiers were admitted to a hospital in the occupied city of Melitopol.

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