Russia hastily called a Friday morning U.N. Security Council meeting late on Thursday evening to discuss in open debate what it called „the military biological activities of the US on the territory of Ukraine“ — leading the Biden administration to immediately denounce it as a „false flag effort.“

In a comment sent to CBS News, Olivia Dalton, spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, said, „We‘re not going to let Russia gaslight the world or use the UN Security Council as a venue for promoting their disinformation.“