Putin's Nuclear Secrets! Massive leak reveals millions of classified documents about Russia's military infrastructure

A massive leak has revealed two million classified documents about Russia's military nuclear infrastructure. The information, published by journalists in Denmark and Germany, reveals details about one of the most heavily guarded Russian nuclear bases in the city of Yasny. Journalists from the Danish publication Danwatch and Der Spiegel (Germany) had access to a huge archive of two million documents. "Russia modernizes nuclear weapons silos and relies on German brands", the German publication writes. The Danish publication titled the publication "Putin's Nuclear Files".

The information concerns one of the bases of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces in the city of Yasny and provides a detailed picture of how the Russian state is modernizing its nuclear arsenal. Among the leaked documents are technical plans, detailed building diagrams, information about IT systems, security measures and even inscriptions written on the walls of military bases.

Danwatch writes that the data can be used to assess the degree of modernization of the military nuclear infrastructure at the most heavily guarded sites in Russia - the bases have been massively demolished and rebuilt, hundreds of new barracks, observation towers, control centers, warehouses and kilometers of underground tunnels have been built.

Hans M. Christensen, director of the Nuclear Intelligence Project at the Federation of American Scientists (which monitors nuclear arsenals), calls the documents “absolutely incredible” and says he has never seen anything like it in the public domain. The Danish researchers describe in detail the base near the town of Yasny, where, according to the Kremlin, the “Avangard” hypersonic missile, one of the latest nuclear weapons delivery systems, has been stationed since 2019.

Full construction documents are available, including room layouts from toilets to canteens and underground tunnels to weapons chambers. Also published are data on IT systems, security systems and the location of cameras, sensors, external fences, alarms, protected doors and windows, electrical equipment and utilities. The documents are full of details, including inscriptions on posters on the walls: “Stop! Turn around! No-entry zones, “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ ““““““““““““““, he said.“Russia's State Duma adopted a law in December 2020 that tightened the rules for military procurement,“ Danwatch reports. The Russian Defense Ministry created a new closed database that was only accessible to trusted Russian companies, but that didn't help. Procurement participants have long published classified documents in public databases. Danwatch and Der Spiegel discover confidential plans for strategic nuclear bases attached to tenders announced in the summer of 2024.