Reuben F. Johnson has thirty-six years of experience analyzing and reporting on foreign weapons systems, defense technologies, and international arms export policy. He is also a survivor of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. He worked for years in the American defense industry as a foreign technology analyst and later as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Defense, the Departments of the Navy and Air Force, and the governments of the United Kingdom and Australia. In 2022-2023, he won two awards in a row for his defense reporting. He holds a bachelor's degree from DePauw University and a master's degree from Miami University in Ohio, specializing in Soviet and Russian studies. He lives in Warsaw.
A classified European intelligence report seen by Reuters warns Russia risks an "explosive" banking crisis, with subsidized war loans and state support concealing deep...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned July 5 that intelligence indicates Russia is preparing another massive strike on Ukrainian cities, days after Moscow's largest-ever assault...
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There continues to be confusion about just what weapon Ukraine fired at Moscow on Tuesday, 30 June, during a missile alert. Russia’s Defense Ministry (MoD)...