US EditionRussia's Secret Nuclear Changes Revealed in "Huge" Security Breach
- European journalists Danwatch and Der Spiegel revealed in May 2025 a major leak exposing over two million documents on Russia's secret nuclear bases near Yasny in the Orenburg region.
- The leak occurred amid a long-running Russian nuclear weapons modernization program initiated years ago and announced publicly by President Putin in 2018 to strengthen Russia's strategic arsenal.
- The documents include architectural blueprints, detailed layouts, and records showing construction of new barracks, underground tunnels, and security upgrades at nuclear missile sites housing systems like the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle.
- Experts such as Hans Kristensen and Tom Røseth called the leak a “huge breach of security” providing unprecedented intelligence that allows combining satellite images with internal site structures for the first time since the Cold War.
- The exposure raises concerns about Russia’s military vulnerabilities and could complicate its nuclear posture amid ongoing conflict and repeated nuclear threats related to the war in Ukraine.
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From blueprint of bases to IT systems, Russia's nuclear secrets revealed online
In an unprecedented leak of around 2 million documents, the expansion of Russian nuclear programme has been revealed online, ranging from the blueprint of missile bases to details of IT systems, power grids, and security arrangements.
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Russia's Nuclear Secrets, Exposed to a Massive Flow of Information. Two Million Documents Available to the Public
A massive flow of information has come into the hands of European journalists, revealing in detail about Russia's nuclear bases, including the "Avangard" hypersonic missile. The flow of proportions has dropped two million documents...
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