🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 Putin’s nuke secrets exposed in 'huge' and 'unprecedented' security breach. A strategic signal from the West to the Russians. 🧵 1/14

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 Every Russian should know that Putin's nuclear arsenal plans have been made public to the entire world. "These documents allow us for the first time to uncover some of Putin's most closely guarded secrets." The data was published by military contractors. 2/14

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 Although Russia tightened laws in 2020 restricting military records, journalists from Danwatch & Der Spiegel have gained access to highly sensitive data on Russia's nuclear program. The two European media outlets analyzed more than 2 million leaked confidential data. 3/14

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 Putin has been quietly modernizing Russia's nuclear arsenal for several years. The documents are said to reveal the modernization program, including renewing old Soviet-era bases & building other facilities from scratch. 4/14

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 Images showed new barracks, guard towers, command centers, storage buildings, underground tunnels, and even instructions on where soldiers sleep, exercise, and play chess, the journalists said. The construction of facilities uses products from Western companies, often products from the German company Knauf. And the company is not pressured by the fact that the Russians destroyed their factory in Soledar. 5/14

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 According to Hans M. Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), this leak of documents speaks volumes about the Russians' ability to conceal "Putin's most protected" projects. 6/14

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 The journalists have obtained plans detailing the "top secret" bases. According to Norwegian expert Tom Røseth, this is "a huge breach of security. This is information Russia would obviously want to keep hidden. It makes their bases potentially more vulnerable." 7/14

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 "Facilities like these are a dream for any foreign intelligence service," said Philip Ingram, a former colonel in British military intelligence. "These documents allow for the detection of vulnerabilities. This should never have been made public." 8/14

🇺🇦🇷🇺 In 2020, Russia attempted to plug the leaks with new legislation. But contractors continued to download sensitive information until the summer of 2024. "You have to go back to the Cold War to find such detailed plans for missile bases in public sources. It's unprecedented." M. Kristensen 9/14

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 “This isn’t just a mistake. This information reveals the infrastructure responsible for Putin’s nuclear deterrent. Russia will undoubtedly see it as a vulnerability." In the absence of international inspections—documents like these are essential for understanding what Russia is really doing. 10/14

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 The highly sensitive nature of this data also lies in the architectural plans & drawings of the bases. "Until now, we could only monitor these bases with satellite images," Hans M. Kristensen said. Now 3D models are used to visualize the layout of these bunkers. 11/14

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 Journalists report having learned of the renewal of a highly varied military arsenal as well as "several km of underground tunnels." "Such documents are the Holy Grail of intelligence. This allows us to identify strengths and weaknesses & know where to attack," said Philp Ingram, a former British military officer turned security and intelligence consultant. 12/14

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 Røseth, associate professor in intelligence studies said that while there was a small possibility it could be a disinformation campaign from Russia but the breach "appears to me very credible and the immense scope of it is impressive." 13/14

🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺 "It reveals the strengths and weaknesses of the system and also details of the compounds and the nuclear silos." The scope of the leak could force Russai to rethink all of its bases, at an exorbitant cost. 14/14

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