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Russian Ground Forces Seize Novomykhailivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

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...

Poland Arrests Citizen for Conspiring With Russian Security Services to Assassinate Ukrainian President

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...

Germany Summons Russian Ambassador Over Arrest of Saboteurs

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...

Russian Peacekeepers Withdraw from Nagorno-Karabakh After Four Years

The Bear Withdraws Russian Presidential Spokesperson Peskov has told state-owned media that Russian peacekeepers are currently withdrawing from Nagorno-Karabakh. The report from TASS reads below: "The withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Karabakh has begun, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed. "Yes, this is true," the Kremlin spokesman replied to the request of journalists to confirm the information of the Azerbaijani media about...

Ukrainian Intelligence Defector Injured in Moscow Car Explosion

The Incident At approximately 0600 EST, initial reports indicated that a man had been injured in an explosion in Zapadnoye Degunin District of Moscow, Russian Federation. Initial reports found that one person had been injured and two additional vehicles had been damaged when a single SUV had exploded. Pro-Russian sources were also initially reporting that an underground gas pipeline had...

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Putin’s Fifth Term: Inauguration and Outlining Russia’s Strategic Objectives to 2030

On May 7, 2024, Vladimir Putin was officially inaugurated for his fifth term as Russian president in a ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace, and outlined a plan for Russia's national objectives until 2030. The...

U.S. Identifies and Sanctions LockBit 3.0 Leader After Eleventh-Hour Data Dump

Update (1035 EST): The U.S. Department of Justice has formally charged Mr. Khoroshev. The announcement reads below: "Dimitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, also known as LockBitSupp, LockBit, and putinkrab, 31, of Voronezh, Russia, is charged by a...

Polish Judge with Access to Classified Information Defects to Belarus

Defection Timeline On May 6th, 2024, at approximately 0500 EST, Polish Judge Tomasz Szmydt of the Warsaw Voivodeship Administrative Court and the former head of the legal department of the National Council of Judges, gave...