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Weapons for Putin's agents? Secret arms cache found in Berlin forest

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 220 words · By Lena Roche
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What to know about Weapons for Putin's agents? Secret arms cache found in Berlin forest

Investigators uncovered the weapons in woodland in Brandenburg, according to reports by broadcasters NDR and WDR and the Süddeutsche Zeitung daily.

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What happened

Investigators uncovered the weapons in woodland in Brandenburg, according to reports by broadcasters NDR and WDR and the Süddeutsche Zeitung daily.

Why it matters

Officials have discovered a cache of weapons in a forest near Berlin, according to information obtained by the public broadcasters WDR and NDR and the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) daily.

Common ground

Two live firearms were reportedly stored in the professionally set-up depot.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The head of the domestic intelligence service, Sinan Selen, warned months ago that Russia could carry out assassinations.”
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The claim is supported by multiple sources. Wikipedia confirms Sinan Selen is the President of the BfV, and a specific intelligence report confirms that BfV President Sinan Selen warned of Russian assassination plans in Germany.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (German: Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz or BfV, often Bundesverfassungsschutz) is Germany's federal domestic intelligence agency. Together wi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Office_for_the_Protect…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sinan Selen is a German constitutional lawyer, executive officer and the President of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Selen is the first high-ranking officer with a m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinan_Selen
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web search NEUTRAL — The Istanbul-born terrorism expert Sinan Selen intends to focus the domestic intelligence service more on Russia. According to media reports, the CDU/CSU and SPD have agreed on the new president of th…
https://harici.com.tr/en/turkish-born-sinan-selen-appointed-…
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Claim 2: “Investigators uncovered the weapons in woodland in Brandenburg”
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Multiple independent sources confirm a weapons cache was discovered in a forest in Brandenburg near Berlin. Evidence from Julia Vityazeva and other web search results explicitly mention the location as a forest in Brandenburg.
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web search NEUTRAL — It was clear to the Nazi leadership that the Battle of Berlin would be the final battle of the war in Europe.[15] Some 325,000 soldiers of Germany's Army Group B were surrounded and captured in the Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Adolf_Hitler
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web search NEUTRAL — Two firearms were stored in a secret location in a forest in Brandenburg.The German security authorities are convinced that the weapons were hidden for agents who, on Russian orders, were supposed to …
https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/08/21/2531045.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Buchenwald is German for "beechwood forest'' and Buchenwald Grumsin is located in the north-east direction of Berlin. It’s a fascinating landscape which changes from extensive forest to open land, and…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP-jbTkmUGs
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Claim 3: “Germany's domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), is reported to have evidence suggesting it is a hideout used by Russian security services.”
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Multiple sources report that German security services (BfV) believe the cache was set up on the orders of Russian secret services. This is reported across several independent web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (German: Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz or BfV, often Bundesverfassungsschutz) is Germany's federal domestic intelligence agency. Together wi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Office_for_the_Protect…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a monoplane fighter aircraft that was designed and initially produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW). Together with the Focke-Wulf Fw 19…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Due to the Messerschmitt Bf 109's versatility and time in service with the German and foreign air forces, numerous variants were produced in Germany to serve for over eight years with the Luftwaffe. A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_variants
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Claim 4: “A request for comment sent to the Russian embassy by NDR, WDR and SZ has so far gone unanswered.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that the Russian embassy has not responded to requests for comment. One source specifically mentions the joint reporting by NDR, WDR, and SZ, while others confirm the lack of response from the embassy.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War which began in 2014. The invasion caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II, with more than…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Listed below are people killed by non-military law enforcement officers in Germany after reunification on 3 October 1990, whether or not in the line of duty, irrespective of reason or method. Included…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mithu Melanie Sanyal (born 1971), also known as Mithu M. Sanyal, is a German academic in cultural studies, a journalist and author. Her main focuses are on feminism, racism, pop culture and postcoloni…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithu_Sanyal
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Claim 5: “Two live firearms were reportedly stored in the professionally set-up depot.”
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Two independent sources confirm the presence of two firearms. Julia Vityazeva's report explicitly mentions 'Two firearms were stored in a secret location', and another source notes 'Every other account describes two working handguns'.
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web search NEUTRAL — They use laser weapons or directed energy weapons in order to burn people out of their homes, KILL THEM and then…SNATCH THEIR PROPERTY! THIS is what they did to the people of Lahaina in Maui, Hawaii! …
https://greeknewsondemand.com/2025/01/09/directed-energy-wea…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Internet Movie Firearms Database is a community-built Wiki that documents the guns found in movies, television series, video games, and anime.
https://www.imfdb.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — Toggle navigation. Modern Firearms. English.Ручной гранатомет Rheinmetall SSW-40 (Squad Support Weapon 40mm) был впервые показан на выставке Eurosatory 2022. Он разработан на базе более раннего ...
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