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Russia’s Defense Ministry published images and a map it says reveal a chain of oil smuggling to Turkey from Islamic State – from extraction to refining facilities.  At least three ISIS oil supply routes were located, all leading to Turkey. “The General Staff of the Russian Federation Armed Forces has irrefutable evidence of Turkey’s involvement based on aerial and space reconnaissance data,”  Lieutenant- General Sergey Rudskoy  said during the Defense Ministry briefing on Wednesday.

U.S. DRONE OPERATORS  are inflicting heavy civilian casualties and have developed an institutional culture callous to the death of children and other innocents, four former operators said at a press briefing today in New York.

GR Editor’s Note  A word of caution: While the authenticity of the documents released by Cyber Berkut in this report are not corroborated by other sources,  we have however been able to confirm that Qatar was among the countries represented at the Ukraine Arms and Security Expo. The heads of armament and procurement of the Qatari Minister of Defense were present at the venue.