IC Oversight & Authorities — 2026-06-15

DNI Gabbard Declassifies Evidence of US Funded Biolab Network Across 30 Countries Including 40 Labs in Ukraine

BLUFGabbard's declassification converts a claim the US government previously dismissed as Russian disinformation into an officially acknowledged funded program, handing Moscow a validated narrative at minimal evidentiary cost.

DNI Gabbard on Friday released declassified records showing U.S. funding for more than 120 biological laboratories across over 30 countries, including more than 40 facilities in Ukraine that housed Soviet-era pathogen collections 12. Declassified ODNI briefing slides, as reported by Fox News, identify pathogens stored at the network as including anthrax, plague, Ebola, and Marburg, and name Black & Veatch as a principal construction contractor, with individual facility costs between $1.7 million and $3.5 million 1. RT reported, citing the same documents, that at least 12 Ukrainian labs conducted human research and that some undertook gain-of-function work modifying animal viruses for human transmissibility 3. Gabbard stated she has issued new intelligence collection guidance to U.S. agencies covering the broader global network, including ongoing clinical trials at affiliated facilities 3.

Analysis
The declassification formally converts what the Biden administration called Russian disinformation into an acknowledged U.S.-funded program, a reversal with no recent public biosecurity precedent. The most damaging specifics, gain-of-function modifications and human research at Ukrainian facilities, appear only in RT's read of the documents, not in the ODNI release or independent corroboration, limiting their evidentiary weight. The facilities may instead represent routine threat-reduction biosafety work under international oversight, with the release serving a domestic political narrative more than a transparency interest. Incoming DNI Jay Clayton inherits active collection tasking on clinical trials at affiliated facilities worldwide with no public record of any position on the program.

4 sources

Gabbard says declassified biolab records validate concerns previously dismissed as misinformation - Fox News
Gabbard Releases Biolab Records Years After Disinformation Accusations - Military.com
US publishes docs on 'dangerous' Ukrainian biolabs - RT
DNI Gabbard Reveals Evidence of U.S. Taxpayer-Funded Global Biolab Program - Office of the Director of National Intelligence