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As this publication reported earlier today, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov was charged with “taking a bribe on an especially large scale” (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code; from eight to 15 years in prison) by the Basmanny Court of Moscow. Russian state-owned media has now reported that not only are the charges stemming from Ivanov giving...

At approximately 0230 EST, Russian state-owned media reported that Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov was arrested on charges of bribery. However, these bribery charges have reportedly been packaged around an act of treason. The Basmanny Court of Moscow made this announcement: "By a court decision against the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Ivanov Timur Viktorovich, a measure of...

Both Sides Confirm Russian Advance At approximately 0430 EST, initial reports from Russian military bloggers began to claim that the Russian Ground Forces had seized control of Novomykhailivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The initial report from Polk15 reads below: "The settlement of Novomikhailovka has been completely liberated from many years of Ukrainian occupation. The enemy is retreating to the south. Our troops...

According to the Polish government, a Polish citizen has been arrested for providing intelligence to the Russian government on Ukrainian and foreign activity near the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport in Eastern Poland. This airport is near the Polish-Ukrainian border and has been an influx point for Western aid entering Western Ukraine. The purpose of collecting this intelligence was to assassinate President...

At approximately 0230 EST on April 18th, 2024, Der Spiegel initially reported that two people were arrested on April 17th in Bayreuth, Germany on suspicion of planning sabotage operations against military infrastructure in Germany, including U.S. installations. These men have been charged with plotting to use explosive and incendiary devices to target multiple installations. The two men are reportedly...