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Vladimir Putin’s Secret Luxury Train Revealed

This week, images were leaked of an alleged secret train used by Russian President Vladimir Putin to traverse the country. The 22-car train provides the Russian president with a discrete and luxurious mode of transportation. CNN reports that the Dossier...

Turkey Backs Sweden Joining NATO, Alliance Chief Says

Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of NATO has claimed that Turkey has given the green light for Sweden to join the alliance after months of diplomatic wrangling over the issue. According to Stoltenberg, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will now...

Sanctions Limit Russia’s Participation in Orthodox Christian Assembly

The war in Ukraine and the political fallout ensuing from it has limited Russia's participation in the Interparliamentary Assemble of Orthodoxy (IAO). Over the weekend, a delegation from Russia, as well as the Belarusian and Syrian delegations, were barred from...

Western Special Forces Present in Ukraine According to Leaked Documents

Special forces belonging to several NATO member countries are present on the ground in Ukraine, according to US intelligence documents leaked online. Several big media publications have since reviewed the leaked documents. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last...

Speculation that Vladimir Putin is Using Body Doubles Grows

Speculation is growing, particularly on the internet, that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using body doubles. The theory is based on alleged inconsistences in Putin's appearance, with proponents of the theory pointing to features like his chin, his ears, and...

Russia to Station Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus

Russia is planning to deploy some of its tactical nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus, announced Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday. According to the Russian President, storage units for the nuclear weapons will be completed by July 1. Putin compared...

Blinken and Lavrov Meet for First Time Since Russian Invasion of Ukraine

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met for the first time in person since the Russian invasion of Ukraine commenced last year on February 24. The pair met briefly on the sidelines of the...

How Open-Source Intelligence is Transforming the Conflict in Ukraine

The use of Open-source intelligence, known to practitioners as OSINT, in Ukraine, is transforming the way information and intelligence are collected, analyzed, produced, and disseminated. Although intelligence has been a crucial element of warfare since time immemorial, the increasingly widespread...

Viral Conspiracy Theories Falsely Claim Ukraine War is a Hoax

Just over a year into the war in Ukraine, several viral conspiracy theories are spreading a false narrative online that the conflict is a hoax. Most of the conspiracy theories are being spread on social media platforms like Twitter. The...

Biden Reaffirms NATO’s Mutual Defense in Warsaw Meeting

On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and senior representatives of the Bucharest 9 (B9) to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The B9 is a group of Eastern and Central European countries that...