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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
Reade Levinson

West curbs Russia’s access to weather data that some fear could aid attack planning in Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image taken on July 6, 2012 and released July 9, 2012 of Krymsk, Russia, shows the low pressure system that had moved westward over the preceding days gathering strength from the warm Black Sea. REUTERS/NOAA/Handout /File Photo

A major supplier of meteorological data from Western and other governments suspended cooperation with Russia on Tuesday, becoming the latest weather-related agency to restrict information sharing in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Weapons experts said the data - which includes near instantaneous measurements of wind speed and direction, sunlight, precipitation and other factors - could prove crucial in planning a biological or chemical weapons attack in Ukraine.

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